Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 691.ferrum on page 691
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ferrum iron
ferrum is a Latin Noun that primarily means iron.
Definitions for ferrum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
iron, sword
English derivatives:
ferric ferrite ferro- farrier
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Iron, steel; ~i stercus, iron slag. (b) (w. ref. to the mythical 'iron' age).
- 2
A piece of iron, an iron object. (b) an iron implement or tool, esp. one used for cutting; a writing implement, stylus.
- 3
The iron part of an implement or weapon, blade, point, head, etc.
Sentences with ferrum
Latin to English
Ferrea non venerem sed praedam saecula laudant.Compare This iron age celebrates not love but booty.
Iamque opus exegi quod nec Iovis ura nec ignis nec poterit ferrum edax abolere vetustas.Compare And now my work is done, which neither the wrath of Jove, nor fire, nor sword, nor the gnawing tooth of time shall ever be able to undo.
Is civis vis, ferrum, periculum, urbs et omnis patria praesidium depello.Compare By violence, by the sword, by dangers, he banished that citizen from the city, and from all the bulwarks of his country.
Vita humana prope uti ferrum est.Compare Human life nearly resembles iron.
Declension table for ferrum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ferrum | ferra |
| Gen. | ferrī | ferrōrum |
| Dat. | ferrō | ferrīs |
| Acc. | ferrum | ferra |
| Abl. | ferrō | ferrīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 143.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 691.
- 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): 121.
Bibliography
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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.
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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ferrum, ferrī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ferrum-ferri.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 143.ferrum, ferrī on page 143
