Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 158.āra on page 158
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āra altar
āra is a Latin Noun that primarily means altar.
Definitions for āra
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
altar
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
An altar usu. one built or 'raised' to a particular god. (b) ~a maxima (magna), the altar of Hercules. (c) a commemorative altar; a funerary altar; (also applied to the funeral pyre). (d) the altar in a private house, esp. as a symbol of the sanctity of the home; ~ae (et) foci, 'hearths and homes'. (e) (raised in honour of or for worship of human beings, either in their lifetime or after their death).
- 2
(in geog. names).
- 3
The constellation Ara.
Sentences with āra
Latin to English
Nec pietas ullast velatum saepe videri vertier ad lapidem atque omnis accedere ad aras nec procumbere humi prostratum et pandere palmas ante deum delubra nec aras sanguine multo spargere quanrupedum nec votis nectere vota, sed mage pacata posse omnia mente fueri.Compare It is no piety to show oneself often with covered head, turning toward a stone and approaching every altar, none to fall prostrate upon the ground and to spread open the palms before shrines of the gods, none to sprinkle altars with the blood of beasts in showers and to link vow to vow; but rather to be able to survey all things with mind at peace.
Pro patria, pro liberis, pro aris arque focis suis certare.Compare To fight for our country, for our children, for our altars, for our hearths.
Tu ara hic dico mater ego cano.Compare My mother prophesied that an altar would be dedicated to you on this spot.
Declension table for āra
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | āra | ārae |
| Gen. | ārae | ārārum |
| Dat. | ārae | ārīs |
| Acc. | āram | ārās |
| Abl. | ārā | ārīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 471.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 158.
- 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): 123.
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.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "āra, ārae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ara-arae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 471.on page 471
