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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 815.iam on page 815
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iam now
iam is a Latin Adverb that primarily means now.
Definitions for iam
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
now, already, soon
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
At this point in the passage of time, now (as opp. to any other time). (b) (marking the beginning of an action extending into the future). (c) (w. negs.) not now (as was the case before). (d) iam..iam, iam..iamque, now..now, first..then. (e) (colloq.) quid iam? what (is the matter) now?
- 2
(w. inde ab and sim.) All this time (from a point in the past up to and including the present), i.e. continuously from.
Sentences with iam
Latin to English
Dēnique omnia expōnat ut iam comprehendātis quanta scelera contrā rem pūblicam commissa sint.Compare Finally, let him explain all things so that you (pl.) may now understand what great crimes have been committed against the republic.
Multō ācrius iam vigilābō.Compare I shall now watch much more keenly.
Desine iam, Lalage, tristes ornare capillos, tangat et insanum nulla puella caput. (Martial, Epigrams II,66.3)Compare Stop, now, Lalage, to arrange your dire locks and let no maid touch your ill-tempered head.
Iam mala finissem leto, sed credula vitam spes fovet et fore cras semper ait melius.Compare I would by now have ended my sufferings by death, but gullible hope encourages me to live, keeps saying that tomorrow will be better.
Nondum victoria, iam discordia erit.Compare The victory was yet to be gained; dissension had already begun.
Neque enim specie famave movetur nec iam furtivum Dido meditatur amorem: coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomeni culpam.Compare Dido recked nothing for appearance or reputation: The love she brooded on now was a secret love no longer; Marriage, she called it, drawing the word to veil her sin.
Venia civitas peto, civis temeritas bis iam ante eversus, incolumis futurus iterum hostis beneficium.Compare They sought pardon for their state, which had been already twice previously ruined by the rashness of its citizens, and was about to be again safe through the kindness of its enemies.
Et iam area firmus templum ac porticus sustinendus sum.Compare And now the ground was firm enough to support temples and porticos.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 126.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 815.
- 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
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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.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "iam (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 3, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/iam.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 126.iam on page 126
