Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 760.genu on page 760
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genu knee
genu is a Latin Noun that primarily means knee.
Definitions for genu
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
knee
English derivatives:
genuflect genuflection knee and genu are cognates
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The knee of a human being. (b) (as affected by weakness, age, etc.). (c) (as touched or clasped by suppliants).
- 2
The corresponding or similar part in other creatures.
- 3
(transf.) A knot or joint in the stem of plants.
Sentences with genu
Latin to English
Multa fero, ut placem genus irritabile vatum, cum scribo et supplex populi suffragia capto.Compare So long as I am writing and wooing on my knees the people's suffrages, I have to submit to much in order to pacify the sensitive race of poets.
Is per aqua ferme genu tenus altus tres miles sequor.Compare Three soldiers followed him through the water, which was almost knee deep.
Iam ipse adolescens, iam pater, procumbo ad genu et ira deprecor dictator.Compare Now the youth himself, now the father, begin to fall at the knees and to deprecate the anger of the dictator
Declension table for genu
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | genu | genua |
| Gen. | genūs | genuum |
| Dat. | genū | genibus |
| Acc. | genū | genua |
| Abl. | genū | genibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 760.
- 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. "genu, genūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/genu-genus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.genu, genūs on page 131
