Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 685.ferē, fermē on page 685
latin
page_listing.tpl
page_subListingDetails.tpl
sub_listingDetails_style1.tpl
sub_listingDetails.title.tpl
ferē almost
ferē is a Latin Adverb that primarily means almost.
Definitions for ferē
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
almost, nearly, generally
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
Approximately, about, roughly, more or less, practically. (b) (w. numbers, measurements, etc.).
- 2
Virtually, almost, nearly, pretty well. (b) (w. adjs. denoting identity). (c) (w. superl.). (d) (w. omnis, totus, semper, etc.). (e) (w. nemo, numquam, etc.).
Sentences with ferē
Latin to English
Servitutem mortalitati fere comparamus. (Ulpianus)Compare To some extent, I liken slavery to death.
Fere maxima pars morem hunc homines habent: quod sibi volunt, dum impetrant, boni sunt; sed id ubi iam penes sese habent, ex bonis pessimi et fraudulentissimi fiunt.Compare Generally speaking, men have a habit of being fine fellows as long as they are seeking some favor, but when they have obtained it, there's a change, and your fine fellow turn into villainous cheats of the worst description.
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.Compare Men readily believe what they want to believe.
De hic deus idem fere, qui reliquus gens, habeo opinio.Compare Concerning these gods they have almost the same opinion as other nations.
In omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam, experimenta.Compare There is no subjects in which, as a rule, practice is not more valuable than precept.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 476.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 685.
- 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).
- 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): 126.
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. "ferē (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fere.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 476.on page 476
