audeō, audēre, ausus sum

Definitions for audēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to dare
English derivatives:
audacious audacity

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(esp. in neg. questions or equiv.) To have a mind (to do something), be prepared, intend. (b) si ~des (colloq. contr. SODES), if you please. (c) (esp. in phrs. such as non~sim dicere) to go so far as (to do something), venture, presume, like.
2
To have the courage (to do something), date, venture: (a) (w. inf.). (b) (w. ellipsis of inf.).
3
(absol.) To be bold, daring or venturesome, act boldly.
4
(w. acc.) To dare to do or undertake, venture upon. (b) (spec.) to dare to write or say, venture upon. (c) (pf. or pf. pple. in pass. sense).
5
(w. advs. of place) To dare to go, venture.

Sentences with audēre

Latin to English

Hominēs magnae virtūtis tyrannōs superāre audēbant.Compare Men of great courage were daring to overcome tyrants.

Hīs verbīs dictīs, seum sequī ausī sumus.Compare When these words had been said, we dared to follow him.

Sī quis vīnō eius generis ūtī audeat, celeriter moriātur.Compare If anyone should dare to use wine of that sort, he would quickly die.

Nemo vos, qui in hic concilium advoco, quisquam dico volo aut audeo.Compare No one of you, who have been summoned to this assembly, wishes or dares to say anything.

Ego tu non demens puto, qui hic audeo primum facio, deinde confiteor?Compare Shall I not deem you mad, you who have dared first to do, then to confess this?

Conjugation table for audēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
audeō audēs audet audēmus audētis audent	audēbam audēbās audēbat audēbāmus audēbātis audēbant

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
audeor audēris audētur audēmur audēminī audentur	audēbar audēbāris / $ēbāre audēbātur audēbāmur audēbāminī audēbantur

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	audēns	audentēs
Gen.	audentis	audentium
Dat.	audentī	audentibus
Acc.	audentem	audentēs
Abl.	audente	audentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	ausūrus	ausūrī
Gen.	ausūrī	ausūrōrum
Dat.	ausūrō	ausūrīs
Acc.	ausūrum	ausūrōs
Abl.	ausūrō	ausūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	ausus	ausī
Gen.	ausī	ausōrum
Dat.	ausō	ausīs
Acc.	ausum	ausōs
Abl.	ausō	ausīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	audendus	audendī
Gen.	audendī	audendōrum
Dat.	audendō	audendīs
Acc.	audendum	audendōs
Abl.	audendō	audendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	audēre	ausum
Gen.	audendī	ausū
Dat.	audendō
Acc.	audendum
Abl.	audendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 208.
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): 121.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "audeō, audēre, ausus sum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 12, 2023. Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/audeo-audere-ausum.