Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 767.glōria on page 767
latin
page_listing.tpl
page_subListingDetails.tpl
sub_listingDetails_style1.tpl
sub_listingDetails.title.tpl
glōria glory
glōria is a Latin Noun that primarily means glory.
Definitions for glōria
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
glory, fame
English derivatives:
glorify glorification glorious inglorious
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Praise or honour accorded to persons or other recipients by general consent, glory.
- 2
Prospective or potential glory.
- 3
An action, etc., that brings glory, distinction. (b) a person or object that brings glory, ornament.
Sentences with glōria
Latin to English
Omnī cupiditāte pecūniae glōriaeque ex animō expulsā, ille dux sē vīcit.Compare When every desire for (lit., of) money and glory had been banished from his soul, that leader conquered himself.
Ipsi illi philosophi etiam illis libellis, quos de contemnenda gloria scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt.Compare On the very books in which philosophers tell us to despise fame, they inscribe their names.
Sī post fāta venit glōria, nōn properō!Compare If glory comes (only) after death, Im in no hurry!
Nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas, neque aliud externi reges aut qui eadem saevitia usi sunt, nisi dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere.Compare On the contrary, the persecution of genius fosters its inluence; foreign tyrants, and all who imitated their oppression, have merely procured infamy for themselves and glory for their victims.
Trahimur omnes studio laudis et optimus quisque maxime gloria ducitur. Ipsi illi philosophi etiam illis libellis, quos de contemnenda gloria scribunt, nomen suum inscribunt.Compare We are eager for praise, even the noblest men are strongly motivated by the desire for praise. On the very books in which philosophers tell us to despise fame, they inscribe their names.
Etiam sapientibus cupido gloriae novissima exuitur.Compare The desire for glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
Vixi puellis nuper idoneus et militavi non sine gloria.Compare Though that life is past, I was but now still meet for ladies' love, and fought my battles not without glory.
Sero sentio frustra sui aut pecunia studeo aut imperium, aut opes, aut gloria.Compare They perceive too late that they have in vain pursued money, or power, or influence, or glory.
Declension table for glōria
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | glōria | glōriae |
| Gen. | glōriae | glōriārum |
| Dat. | glōriae | glōriīs |
| Acc. | glōriam | glōriās |
| Abl. | glōriā | glōriīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 33.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 767.
- 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
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. "glōria, glōriae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/gloria-gloriae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 33.glōria, glōriae on page 33
