Oxford Latin Dictionary
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ā, ab from, by
ā, ab is a Latin Preposition that primarily means from, by.
Definitions for ā, ab
Wheelock's Latin
Preposition
- 1
ā (before consonants), ab (before vowels or consonants) +abl., away from, from; by (personal agent); frequent in compounds
English derivatives:
aberration abject abrasive absolve abstract abundant abuse
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Preposition
- 1
MOTION AWAY, DISTANCE, SEPARATION. (after vbs, etc., of motion) From, away from, off. (b) (after words implying motion). (c) (in phrs. w. prons., proper names, etc.) from the house of -.
- 2
(expr. a condition, attitude, activity, etc., which is abandoned or changed; freq. after vbs. of going away, etc., used figuratively) From. (b) (a stage of development, etc.). (c) (in appeals). (d) from (a grammatical form).
- 3
(a) (expr. absence) From. (b) (expr. separation, division, and sim.). (c) (poet.)) apart from.
- 4
(expr. distance) From, away from. (b) at a distance of.
- 5
(expr. distance in time) After, from, since. (b) from (in a temporal series). (c) reckoning back from, before (a specified time).
Sentences with ā, ab
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 93.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ā, ab (prep.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/a-ab.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 93.ā, ab on page 93
