Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 607.enim on page 607
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enim truly
enim is a Latin Conjunction that primarily means truly.
Definitions for enim
Wheelock's Latin
Conjunction
- 1
for, in fact, truly
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Particle
- 1
(in dialogue, inceptive: introducing a remark, usu. a qualification of the previous speaker's words) Well! why! (N.B. it is hard to draw a line between this and other uses of enim, esp. the elliptical uses). (b) (used in underlining the answer to a question) to be sure! of course!
- 2
(poet., app. used to emphasize the preceding word).
- 3
(confirmatory and causal: introducing the ground or reason for something previously said) For; neque (nec) ~, for.. not. (b) (explanation often in form of a rhetorical question). (c) (esp. used, usu. parenthetically, in explaining a particular word, name or phr.). (d) (introducing a particular instance in support of a general assertion).
- 4
(with apparent ellipse, where the enim cl. explains not so much the form as the substance of the thought). (b) (introducing excuses).
- 5
(in answers, sts. to an imaginary speaker, with various forms of ellipse: (a) (assenting to a statement and explaining it) Yes, because (after a sentence with negative content: 'no, because'): (also used sarcastically to introduce an unlikely reason). (b) (dissentient: giving the reason for doubting a person's word or not complying with his request). (c) (where the answer takes the form of a rhetorical question) why! pray! (d) (in response to a 'why; question) because.
Sentences with enim
Latin to English
Propter īnsidiās enim ūnīus hominis haec cīvitās nōn valēbat.Compare In fact, on account of the treachery of one man this state was not strong.
Satis sapientiae enim ā librīs difficiliōribus nōn accipiēmus.Compare For (= the truth is) we shall not receive enough wisdom from too difficult books.
Praestat enim nēminī imperāre quam alicui servīre: sine illo enim vīvere honestē licet, cum hōc vīvendi nūlla condiciō est. (M. Junius Brutus, fragment of De dictatura Pompei)Compare For it is better to give orders to no one than to be a slave to anyone: for without the former it is possible to live honorably, with the latter there is no way of living.
Hominis est enim adfici dolore, sentire, resistere tamen et solacia admittere, non solaciis non egere.Compare For it is the very essence of human nature to feel those impressions of sorrow, which it yet endeavors to resist, and to admit, not to be above, consolation.
Omnia enim stolidi magis admirantur amantque, inversis quae sub verbis latitantia cernunt, veraque constituunt quae belle tangere possunt auris et lepido quae sunt fucata sonore.Compare For dolts admire and love everything more which they see hidden amid distorted words, and set down as true whatever can prettily tickle the ears and all that is varnished over with find-sounding phrases.
Ineunte enim adulescentia, cum est maxima imbecillitas consilii, tum id sibi quisque genus aetatis degendae constituit, quod maximi adamavit.Compare For it is in the years of early youth, when our judgment is most immature, that each of us decides that his calling in life shall be that which he has taken a special liking.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 58.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 607.
- 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).
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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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. "enim (conj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/enim.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 58.enim on page 58
