Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 716.flūmen on page 716
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flūmen river
flūmen is a Latin Noun that primarily means river.
Definitions for flūmen
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
river
English derivatives:
flume
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A river or stream. (b) (sg. or pl.) the waters of a river, its stream, current, etc.; secundo ~ine, downstream; aduerso ~ine, upstream (see SECVNDVS, ADVERSVS)/ (c) (ssg. or pl.) water from a river or stream. (d) (in general) any body of moving water; (leg.) rain-water forming a stream (opposed to stillicidium). (e) (astron., of the constellation Eridanus).
- 2
A flow or current of blood or other liquid, air, etc., stream; (often hyperb.).
- 3
(transf.) A copious supply (of eloquence, talent, or sim.), flow, stream; a violent onrush, flood (of attackers).
Sentences with flūmen
Latin to English
Flūmen dē montibus in mare flūxit.Compare The river flowed down from the mountains into the sea.
Fugimus priusquam flumen transirent.Compare We fled before they could cross the river.
Contineo unus ex pars flumen Rhenus, latus atque altus, qui ager Helvetius a Germani divido.Compare They are enclosed on one side by the River Rhine, very broad and very deep, which divides the Helvetian territory from the Germans.
Sum inter Labienus atque hostis difficilis transitus flumen ripaque praeruptus.Compare There was between Labienus and the enemy a stream of difficult passage and with steep banks.
Declension table for flūmen
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | flūmen | flūmina |
| Gen. | flūminis | flūminum |
| Dat. | flūminī | flūminibus |
| Acc. | flūmen | flūmina |
| Abl. | flūmine | flūminibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 119.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 716.
- 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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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. "flūmen, flūminis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/flumen-fluminis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 119.flūmen, flūminis on page 119
