Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 315.cinis on page 315
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cinis ashes
cinis is a Latin Noun that primarily means ashes.
Definitions for cinis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
ashes
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The residue from a fire, ashes. (b) (in medicine) ashes of various materials; ~is Cyprius, oxide of copper; ~is lixiua, lye.
- 2
The extinct or apparently extinct embers of a fire; also, hot embers by which food is cooked. (b) (fig.) the spent or smouldering 'fires' of love or enmity.
- 3
Ashes regarded as the result of destruction or consumption by fire. (b) (fig,) the results of waste or destruction, ashes.
Sentences with cinis
Latin to English
Cum iam fulva cinis fuero.Compare When I will be nothing but a heap of golden ashes.
Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias, ut te postremo donarem munere mortis et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.Compare By ways remote and distant waters sped, Brother, to thy sad grave-side am I come, that I may give the last gifts to the dead, and vainly parley with thine ashes dumb. (Tr. Aubrey Beardsley)
Nunc tibi commendo communia pignora natos: haec cura et cineri spirat inusta meo.Compare Now I commend to you our children, the pledges of our union: this care, unconsumed, lives on in my ashes.
Indulge genio, carpamus dulcia, nostrum est quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies. Vive memor leti, fugit hora. hoc quod loquor inde est.Compare Give your genius a chance. Let us gather our sweets! Our life is our own today, tomorrow you will be a dust, a shade, a tale that is told. Live mindful of death, the hour flies, the word that I speak is so much taken from it.
Declension table for cinis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | cinis | cinerēs |
| Gen. | cineris | cinerum |
| Dat. | cinerī | cineribus |
| Acc. | cinerem | cinerēs |
| Abl. | cinere | cineribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 473.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 315.
- 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
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cinis, cineris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cinis-cineris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 473.on page 473
