Latin search results for: littera
#1
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- (pl.) letter, epistle
- letter (alphabet)
- literature, books, records, account
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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:
Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#2
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- scholarship, what is learned from books, book-learning
- writing, literature
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Frequent, top 2000+ words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- alphabet, system of letters
- grammar/instruction in
- writing, use of letters
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Frequent, top 2000+ words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4
adjective
Definitions:
- inscribed w/letters
- learned, cultured, erudite, well versed in literature
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5
adjective
Definitions:
- marked/branded/tattooed w/letters (of slaves, as sign of disgrace)
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#6
adverb
Definitions:
- in a clear hand, w/plain letters
- in plain language
- literally, to the letter
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#7
adverb
Definitions:
- in cultivated/erudite manner
- learnedly/scientifically/elegantly/cleverly
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#8
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- (often disparagingly)
- elementary schoolmaster, one who teaches the elements
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#9
adjective
Definitions:
- literary
- pertaining to writing
- [ludus litterarius => an elementary school]
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#10
adjective
Definitions:
- belonging/pertaining to writing/letters/books
- epistolary
- of reading/writing
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#11
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- instruction in reading and writing
- study of reading/writing/languages (Ecc)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#12
adjective
Definitions:
- grammatical
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)