Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 666.facilē on page 666
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facilē easily
facilē is a Latin Adverb that primarily means easily.
Definitions for facilē
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
easily
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
Without difficulty, easily. (b) (applied to the actions or qualities of things). (c) (in potential sentences, esp. w. neg.). (d) (w. vbs. of exceeding, superl. adjs., numbers) easily.
- 2
Generally, often (w. neg.) rarely.
Sentences with facilē
Latin to English
Hic plūrimōs honōrēs quam facillimē accipere vult.Compare This man wishes to get very many honors as easily as possible.
Quem nulla ambitio, nulla unquam largitio, nullus timor, vis nulla, nulla auctoritas movere potuit in iuventa de statu, ecce in senecta ut facile labefecit loco viri excellentis mente clemente edita, summissa placide blandiloquens oratio!Compare Never, when I was younger, could any urging, any promise of reward, any threat, compulsion, or command from above persuade me to stoop below my rank. Now, in my old age, an illustrious man has readily induced me to do so, by soft and flattering words, uttered with kindness.
Utinam tam facile vera invenire possem quam falsa convincere.Compare I only wish I could discover the truth as easily as I can expose falsehood.
Etiamsi multus ego cum contendo, tamen omnis facile supero.Compare Even though many shall contend with me, yet I shall easily surpass them all.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 221.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 666.
- Word frequencies
- 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): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "facilē (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 30, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/facile.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 221.facilē on page 221
