Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 28.aciēs on page 28
latin
page_listing.tpl
page_subListingDetails.tpl
sub_listingDetails_style1.tpl
sub_listingDetails.title.tpl
aciēs sharp edge
aciēs is a Latin Noun that primarily means sharp edge.
Definitions for aciēs
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
sharp edge, keenness, line of battle
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A sharp edge, the edge of a weapon, etc.; the head of a spear or arrow, the blade of a sword, (b) (fig. or in fig. phr.) edge.
- 2
(orig. w. oculorum and sim.) The sight of the eyes, one's vision. (b) beam of sunlight or starlight.
- 3
Look, glance. (b) the direction of one's sight, i.e. a straight line from the eye; also field of vision.
Sentences with aciēs
Latin to English
Primo anceps sum pugna, nequicquam saepe conatus eques Romanus impetus turbo hostis acies.Compare The battle was at first doubtful, the Roman cavalry having made many fruitless attempts to throw the enemy's line into confusion by a charge.
Miles, omnis immemor difficultas, vado adversus imminens hostis acies.Compare The soldiers, unmindful of all difficulties, advance against the overhanging line of the enemy.
Crastinus dies redeo in acies.Compare Tomorrow return to your ranks.
Declension table for aciēs
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | aciēs | aciēs |
| Gen. | aciēī | aciērum |
| Dat. | aciēī | aciēbus |
| Acc. | aciem | aciēs |
| Abl. | aciē | aciēbus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 470.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 28.
- 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): 121.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "aciēs, aciēī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/acies-aciei.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 470.on page 470
