English search results for: as an end in itself
#4001
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- anchovy? (L+S)
- small fish (regarded by Pliny as a separate species)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4002
noun
Definitions:
- vegetable/wood ash (as substitute for mineral ash)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4003
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- rising/ascension of star measured in degrees
- rising/mounting up (of the stars)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4004
noun
Definitions:
- woman resting (as title of painting)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4005
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- precious stone (diamond?) (used in hydromancy/divination from water signs)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4006
noun
Definitions:
- diamond (as remedy for sadness L+S)
- hardest of substances (adamas)
- steel
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4007
adjective
Definitions:
- that works/carves in relief
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Technical, Architecture, Topography, Surveying
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Only citation is inscription
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4008
noun
Definitions:
- precious stone (unknown, diamond?) (as remedy for sadness)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4009
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- boundary land the right to sow which is in dispute between two peoples
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Only citation is inscription
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4010
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- plant resembling amomum (eastern spice plant) but inferior in fragrance
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4011
adjective
Definitions:
- ambrosial (?)
- connected with Ambrussum in Gallia Narbonensis (?)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Mythology
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Only citation is inscription
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4012
noun
Definitions:
- (extract acts as active, gentle purgative)
- turpeth (globularia alypum)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4013
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- dealer in alum
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Only citation is inscription
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4014
noun
Definitions:
- plant of the genus Partietaris, pellitory (used in medicine)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4015
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- precious stone, said to be found in gizzards of cocks
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4016
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- plant use as antidote for snake-bite
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4017
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- White team/faction in chariot racing
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4018
noun
Definitions:
- fish common in the Nile
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
Egypt
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4019
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- sort of grape in Egypt, soot grape
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
Egypt
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4020
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- card/comb used in treating of cloth/fibers
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4021
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- (saronyx and nicolo)
- precious stone found in Egypt
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
Egypt
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4022
noun
Definitions:
- (flour from seeds, herb medicine, pickled as a dainty)
- fenugreek, Greek hay
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4023
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
- voice: intransitive
Definitions:
- act as sacristan, be in charge/take care of temple
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Only citation is inscription
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4024
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- power of counteracting, efficacy as an antidote
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Age:
Early Latin, pre-classical, used for effect/poetry
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4025
noun
- declension: 4th declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- assent, agreement in a command
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)