Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 136.annus on page 136
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annus year
annus is a Latin Noun that primarily means year.
Definitions for annus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
year
English derivatives:
annals aniversary annuity annual biennial perennial centennial millennium superannuated
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The period of the sun's apparent revolution, the natural or astronomical year. (b) the total period between two times when the sun, moon, and five known planets would all be in the same positions relative to the constellations or fixed stars, a great year; also, app., the period of orbit of individual planets. (c) a Metonic cycle of 19 years.
- 2
A year, as a measure of length of time, a period lasting twelve months. (b) a year hence (c) (pl. expr. an indefinite period).
- 3
A civil or calendar year, usu. corresponding in length to the natural year, but having an official beginning (1 Jan. or 1 Mar.).
Sentences with annus
Latin to English
Ast ego quae divum incēdō rēgīna Iouisque et soror et conjunx ūnā cum gente tot annōs bella gerō.Compare Yet I, who walk about as queen of the gods, wife and sister of Jove, wage war on a whole race, for so many years.
Agricolae bonīs annīs valēbant.Compare In good years the farmers flourished.
Ante oculos stabat quidquid promiserat annus.Compare The whole promise of the year was standing before our eyes.
Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum quae rapit hora diem.Compare That you hope for nothing to last forever, is the lesson of the revolving year and of the flight of time which snatches from us the sunny days.
Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.Compare Years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
Declension table for annus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | annus | annī |
| Gen. | annī | annōrum |
| Dat. | annō | annīs |
| Acc. | annum | annōs |
| Voc. | anne | annī |
| Abl. | annō | annīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 78.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 136.
- 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): 120.
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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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "annus, annī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/annus-anni.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 78.annus, annī on page 78
