argūmentum, argūmentī

Definitions for argūmentum

Wheelock's Latin

Noun

1
proof, evidence, argument
English derivatives:
argumentation argumentative

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Noun

1
A fact or process of reasoning adduced as a ground for belief, a piece of evidence, proof, argument. (b) (w. that which is proved expressed). (c) (in pred. dat.). (d) quo~o (colloq), how do you make that out? (e) ex~o, from the facts of the case.
2
A conclusion based on inference, deduction. (b) (rhet.) that part of a speech devoted to a conclusion based on circumstansial or presumptive evidence.
3
The reason for a thing, motive, basis.

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Sentences with argūmentum

Latin to English

Parvum argūmentī intellegēbam.Compare I understood little of the argument.

Saepe grandis natu senex nullum aliud habet argumentum, quo se probet diu vixisse, praeter aetatem. [De tranquillitate animi, III,8]Compare Often a man who is very old in years has no evidence to prove that he has lived a long life other than his age.

Communis sum hic argumentum alius etiam philosophus.Compare This argument is common to other philosopbers also.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 125.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 168.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "argūmentum, argūmentī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 10, 2023. Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/argumentum-argumenti.