Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 715.fluctus on page 715
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flūctus wave
flūctus is a Latin Noun that primarily means wave.
Definitions for flūctus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
billow, wave
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A wave, billow (usu. of the sea). (b) (pl. or collect. sg., vaguely) the waters of the sea (or a particular sea), 'the waves', (c) (often in fig. context).
- 2
(transf.): (a) A stream, flood, wave (of any fluid); (also of air, vapour, etc.). (b) an undulating movement (of the body). (c) a wave-like arrangement (of hair).
Sentences with flūctus
Latin to English
Et eunt homines mirari alta montium, et ingentes fluctus maris, et latissimos lapsus fluminum, et Oceani ambitum, et gyros siderum, et relinquunt se ipsos.Compare Men go forth to marvel at the mountain heights, at huge waves in the sea, at the board expanse of flowing rivers, at the wide reaches of the ocean, and at the circuits of the stars, but themselves they pass by.
Flucti flacciscunt, silescunt venti, mollitur mare. [Chryses]Compare The waves grow gentler, the winds abate, the sea's appeased.
Declension table for flūctus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | flūctus | flūctūs |
| Gen. | flūctūs | flūctuum |
| Dat. | flūctuī | flūctibus |
| Acc. | flūctum | flūctūs |
| Abl. | flūctū | flūctibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 477.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 715.
- 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).
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.
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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.
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. "flūctus, flūctūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/fluctus-fluctus.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 477.on page 477
