English search results for: as an end in itself

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#4001

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. anchovy? (L+S)
  2. small fish (regarded by Pliny as a separate species)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4002

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. vegetable/wood ash (as substitute for mineral ash)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4003

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. rising/ascension of star measured in degrees
  2. rising/mounting up (of the stars)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4004

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. woman resting (as title of painting)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4005

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. precious stone (diamond?) (used in hydromancy/divination from water signs)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4006

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. diamond (as remedy for sadness L+S)
  2. hardest of substances (adamas)
  3. steel
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4007

adjective

Definitions:

  1. that works/carves in relief
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Technical, Architecture, Topography, Surveying
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Only citation is inscription
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4008

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. precious stone (unknown, diamond?) (as remedy for sadness)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4009

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. boundary land the right to sow which is in dispute between two peoples
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Only citation is inscription
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4010

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. plant resembling amomum (eastern spice plant) but inferior in fragrance
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4011

adjective

Definitions:

  1. ambrosial (?)
  2. connected with Ambrussum in Gallia Narbonensis (?)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Mythology
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Only citation is inscription
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4012

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (extract acts as active, gentle purgative)
  2. turpeth (globularia alypum)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4013

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. dealer in alum
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Only citation is inscription
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4014

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. plant of the genus Partietaris, pellitory (used in medicine)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4015

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. precious stone, said to be found in gizzards of cocks
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4016

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. plant use as antidote for snake-bite
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4017

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. White team/faction in chariot racing
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4018

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. fish common in the Nile
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: Egypt
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4019

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. sort of grape in Egypt, soot grape
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: Egypt
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4020

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. card/comb used in treating of cloth/fibers
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4021

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (saronyx and nicolo)
  2. precious stone found in Egypt
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: Egypt
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4022

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (flour from seeds, herb medicine, pickled as a dainty)
  2. fenugreek, Greek hay
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4023

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: intransitive

Definitions:

  1. act as sacristan, be in charge/take care of temple
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Only citation is inscription
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4024

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. power of counteracting, efficacy as an antidote
  • Age: Early Latin, pre-classical, used for effect/poetry
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4025

noun

  • declension: 4th declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. assent, agreement in a command
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)

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