Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 685.fenestra on page 685
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fenestra window
fenestra is a Latin Noun that primarily means window.
Definitions for fenestra
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
window
English derivatives:
fenestra fenestrated fenestration fenestella defenestration
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A window. (b) a window-shutter.
- 2
(a) A loop-hole for the discharge of missiles. (b) an aperture, hole, breach.
- 3
(fig.) A loop-hole, opportunity.
Sentences with fenestra
Latin to English
At mihi cella datur non tota clusa fenestra in qua nec Boreas ipse manere velit.Compare But to me is assigned a garret, shut in by an ill-fitting window, in which even Boreas himself would not care to abide.
Donasti, Lupe, rus sub urbe nobis; sed rus est mihi maius in fenestra.Compare You gave given me, Lupus, a suburban farm, but I have a bigger farm in my window.
Declension table for fenestra
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | fenestra | fenestrae |
| Gen. | fenestrae | fenestrārum |
| Dat. | fenestrae | fenestrīs |
| Acc. | fenestram | fenestrās |
| Abl. | fenestrā | fenestrīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 137.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 685.
- 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. "fenestra, fenestrae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fenestra-fenestrae.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 137.fenestra, fenestrae on page 137
