Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 302.cernō on page 302
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cernere to discern
cernere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to discern.
Definitions for cernere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to distinguish, discern, perceive
English derivatives:
discern discernible discreet discrete discretion
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To sift.
- 2
To distinguish, separate (from other things or each other).
- 3
To decide, determine: certamen ~ere, to decide a contest or (transf.) a question. (b) (usu. w. abl.) to decide by fighting; ~ere uitam, to decide a question of life or death.
- 4
~ere hereditatem, to make formal acceptance of an inheritance.
- 5
To discern with the eyes, distinguish, see. (b) (w. noun clauses). (c) (w. abl.) to recognize (by). (d) (hyperb.) to see (in one's mind's eye). (e) to perceive with the senses in general.
Sentences with cernere
Latin to English
Lais anus Veneri speculum dedico; dignum habeat se aeterna aeternum forma ministerium. at mihi nullus in hoc usus, quia cernere talem, qualis sum, nolo, qualis eram, nequeo. (De Laide dicante Veneri speculum suum. Epigrammata, LXV)Compare I, the aged Lais, dedicate my mirror to Venus; let eternal beauty receive the eternal tribute it deserves. The mirror is no longer of any use to me, for I do not want to see myself as I am, and I cannot see myself as I was.
Suave, mari magno turbantus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.Compare Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free from them yourself is pleasant.
Exemplum insignis cerno mutatio res humanus.Compare You behold a striking example of the revolution of human affairs.
Conjugation table for cernere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| cernō cernis cernit cernimus cernitis cernunt | cernēbam cernēbās cernēbat cernēbāmus cernēbātis cernēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| crēvī crēvistī crēvit crēvimus crēvistis crēvērunt / crēvēre | crēveram crēverās crēverat crēverāmus crēverātis crēverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| cernam cernēs cernet cernēmus cernētis cernent | crēverō crēveris crēverit crēverimus crēveritis crēverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| cernam cernās cernat cernāmus cernātis cernant | cernerem cernerēs cerneret cernerēmus cernerētis cernerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| crēverim crēveris crēverit crēverimus crēveritis crēverint | crēvissem crēvissēs crēvisset crēvissēmus crēvissētis crēvissent |
Infinitive present cernere Infinitive perfect crēvisse Infinitive future crētūrum esse | Imperative present cerne cernite Imperative future cernitō cernitō cernitōte cernuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| cernor cerneris cernitur cernimur cerniminī cernuntur | cernēbar cernēbāris / cernēbāre cernēbātur cernēbāmur cernēbāminī cernēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| crētus sum crētus es crētus est crētī sumus crētī estis crētī sunt | crētus eram crētus erās crētus erat crētī erāmus crētī erātis crētī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| cernar cernēris / cernēre cernētur cernēmur cernēminī cernentur | crētus erō crētus eris crētus erit crētī erimus crētī eritis crētī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| cernar cernāris / cernāre cernātur cernāmur cernāminī cernantur | cernerer cernerēris / cernerēre cernerētur cernerēmur cernerēminī cernerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| crētus sim crētus sīs crētus sit crētī sīmus crētī sītis crētī sint | crētus essem crētus essēs crētus esset crētī essēmus crētī essētis crētī essent |
Infinitive present cernī Infinitive perfect crētum esse Infinitive future crētum īrī | Imperative present cernere cerniminī Imperative future cernitor cernitor - cernuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | cernēns | cernentēs |
| Gen. | cernentis | cernentium |
| Dat. | cernentī | cernentibus |
| Acc. | cernentem | cernentēs |
| Abl. | cernente | cernentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | crētūrus | crētūrī |
| Gen. | crētūrī | crētūrōrum |
| Dat. | crētūrō | crētūrīs |
| Acc. | crētūrum | crētūrōs |
| Abl. | crētūrō | crētūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | crētus | crētī |
| Gen. | crētī | crētōrum |
| Dat. | crētō | crētīs |
| Acc. | crētum | crētōs |
| Abl. | crētō | crētīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | cernendus | cernendī |
| Gen. | cernendī | cernendōrum |
| Dat. | cernendō | cernendīs |
| Acc. | cernendum | cernendōs |
| Abl. | cernendō | cernendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | cernere | crētum |
| Gen. | cernendī | crētū |
| Dat. | cernendō | |
| Acc. | cernendum | |
| Abl. | cernendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 144.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 302.
- 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): 125.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cernō, cernere, crēvī, crētum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cerno-cernere-crevi-cretum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 144.cernō, cernere, crēvī, crētum on page 144
