Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 541.digitus on page 541
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digitus finger
digitus is a Latin Noun that primarily means finger.
Definitions for digitus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
finger, toe
English derivatives:
digit digital digitalis digitalize digitate digitize prestidigitation
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A finger; ~us prior, primus, etc., the finger-tip; ~us index, medius (summus), quartus, minimus, the index, middle, fourth and little fingers; ~us POLLEX, the thumb. (b) (used in making signs and gestures). (c) (used in counting and enumeration). (d) (as the part which makes contact in reaching; which makes the least bodily movement).
- 2
A toe.
- 3
(as a linear measure) A finger's-breadth, 'inch' (1/16 of a pes).
Sentences with digitus
Latin to English
At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est."Compare O but it's a fine thing to have a finger pointed at one and to hear people say, That's the man!
Sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc; nec enim tu is es, quem forma ista declarat, sed mens cuiusque is est quisqe, non ea figura, quae digito demonstrari potest.Compare Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.
Declension table for digitus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | digitus | digitī |
| Gen. | digitī | digitōrum |
| Dat. | digitō | digitīs |
| Acc. | digitum | digitōs |
| Voc. | digite | digitī |
| Abl. | digitō | digitīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 213.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 541.
- Word frequencies
- 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.
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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. "digitus, digitī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/digitus-digiti.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 213.digitus, digitī on page 213
