Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 170.arma on page 170
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arma arms
arma is a Latin Noun that primarily means arms.
Definitions for arma
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
arms, weapons
English derivatives:
armor army armament armada armature armistice armadillo alarm diarmament gendarme
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Implements, etc., used in warfare, arms, weapons. (b) (as used for practice, in fencing, etc.). (c) in ~is, sub ~is, wearing or carrying arms, standing to arms, armed; ad ~a, to arms.
- 2
(of spec. types of arms): (a) Defensive arms, armour; a shield or shields. (b) (opp. tela) arms used in close combat, usu. sword and shield. (c) (poet.) missile weapons.
- 3
Arms as the characteristic tools or employment of the soldier, military service, soldiering; ~a ferre, to bear arms, perform military service.
Sentences with arma
Latin to English
Illīs miserīs plūs pecūniae date nē armīs contrā hostēs careant.Compare Give more money to those unfortunate people so that they may not lack arms against the enemy.
Arma parēmus nē lībertās nostra tollātur.Compare Let us prepare arms so that our liberty may not be taken away.
Cum hostēs contrā nōs celeriter veniant, volumus nostrōs ad arma quam celerrimē vocāre.Compare Since the enemy are coming swiftly against us, we want to call our men to arms as quickly as possible.
Arma virumque canō.Compare I sing of arms and a man.
Silent legēs inter arma. (Cicero, Pro Milone 11)Compare Amid arms, laws grow silent.
Patria armīs et vēritāte cōnservābitur.Compare The country will be saved by arms and truth.
Cēdant arma togae, concēdat laurea linguae. (Cicero, De consultatu sou)Compare Let arms yield to the toga, let the (general's) laurels yield to the (orator's) tongue.
Declension table for arma
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | - | arma |
| Gen. | - | armōrum |
| Dat. | - | armīs |
| Acc. | - | arma |
| Abl. | - | armīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 189.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 170.
- 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).
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.
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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "arma, armōrum (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/arma-armorum.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 189.arma, armōrum on page 189
