Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 207.audax on page 207
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audāx daring
audāx is a Latin Adjective that primarily means daring.
Definitions for audāx
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
daring, bold
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
(in a good sense, but merging in some cases into sense 2) Daring, bold, confident. (b) (of the heart, emotions, etc.). (c) (of actions, ideas, etc.). (d) (applied to things the construction or use of which shows daring or boldness). (e) (applied to cheap glass-ware, which one does not need to handle gingerly).
- 2
(in a bad sense) Audacious, presumptuous, reckless, rash. (b) (of actions, etc.). (c) (in weakened sense) impudent, pert.
- 3
Characterized by boldness or licence of expression, daring, bold.
- 4
(topog.) Standing out prominently, bold.
Sentences with audāx
Latin to English
Audax omnia perpeti gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.Compare In its boldness to bear and to dare all things, the race of man rushes headlong into sin, despite of law.
Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.Compare Though strength be wanting, my daring is sure to win me praise: in great undertakings it is meritorious even to have the will.
Idem dico liber atque audax.Compare He says the same things with greater freedom and boldness.
Neque satis constat animus, tam audax iter consul laudo vituperone.Compare Nor was it quite clear to their minds, whether they should praise or blame so daring a march of the consul.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 472.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 207.
- 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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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. "audāx, gen. audācis (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/audax-gen-audacis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 472.on page 472
