Oxford Latin Dictionary
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ad is a Latin Preposition that primarily means to.
Definitions for ad
Wheelock's Latin
Preposition
- 1
+acc, to, up to, near to
English derivatives:
administer ad hoc ad hominem
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Preposition
- 1
Motion, Direction. (expr. the point to which a person or thing moves) To, up to, into. (b) to the house of, to -'s; (ellipt., w. gen) to the temple of.
- 2
Motion, Direction. (expr. connexion or contact) On to, to; into contact with, against. (b) (w. organs of sense).
- 3
Motion, Direction. (expr. direction of motion) Towards; ad omnia, in every direction. (b) (expr. direction of aspect) towards, so as to face. (c) (expr. aim, goal, etc., in fig. phrs.). (d) (after words indicating exposure) to.
- 4
Motion, Direction. To the presence of, before (a magistrate, etc.). (b) (in fig. phrs.) to the decision of, before.
- 5
Motion, Direction. (expr. progress towards or attainment of a condition, situation,etc.). (b) (progress to a further stage). (c) (expr. change of procedure, policy, status. etc.).
Sentences with ad
Latin to English
Vōs mēcum ad amīcum eius mittēbant.Compare They were sending you (pl.) with me to his friend.
Ā tē petō ut ex nāve ad īnsulam brevī tempore redeās.Compare I beg of you to return from the ship to the island in a short time.
Discendī causā ad lūdum tuum vēnērunt.Compare They came to your school to learn (for the sake of learning).
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 51.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 32.
- 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.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ad (prep.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ad.
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Wheelock's Latin
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