Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 905.ingenium on page 905
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ingenium nature
ingenium is a Latin Noun that primarily means nature.
Definitions for ingenium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
nature, innate talent
English derivatives:
ingenuity genius genial congenial
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(of persons) Natural disposition, temperament. (b) (meton.) one having a specified disposition. (c) temporary disposition, mood.
- 2
Inherent quality or character (of things).
- 3
Natural inclination or desire.
Sentences with ingenium
Latin to English
Ingenium quondam fuerat pretiosius auro; at nunc barbaria est grandis, habere nihil.Compare Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism.
Muliebre ingenium, prolubium, occasio.Compare A woman's nature - desire, opportunity.
At ingenium ingens inculto latet hoc sub corpore.Compare Under that uncouth outside are hidden vast gifts of mind.
Nosse fidem rerum dubiasque exquirer causas, ingenium sacrare caputque attollere caelo, scire quot et quae sint magno natalia mundo principia ... divina est animi ac iucunda voluptas.Compare To know the truth, to inquire into uncertain causes, to immortalize genius, to lift one's head to the sky, to grasp the number and nature of the great universe's first principles ... this is the mind's divine and gratifying joy.
Cupidine ingenii humani libentius obscura credendi.Compare With that inclination so natural to the human mind readily to believe in the mysterious.
Quio res audacter magnas parvasque iocumque eloqueretur sed cura, malaque et bona dictu evomeret si qui vellet tutoque locaret; quorum multa volup ac qaudia clamque palamque, ingenium quoi nulla malum sententia suadet ut faceret facinus levis aut malus.Compare To him he would speak frankly of matters great and small, tell jokes, and, if he so wished, speak well or ill of anything, confident of the other's discretion. With this companion he spent many an agreeable, happy hour, both with others and alone. He had such a disposition that he never deliberately perpetrated a misdeed nor lightly gave offense.
Declension table for ingenium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ingenium | ingenia |
| Gen. | ingeniī | ingeniōrum |
| Dat. | ingeniō | ingeniīs |
| Acc. | ingenium | ingenia |
| Abl. | ingeniō | ingeniīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 905.
- 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.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ingenium, ingeniī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ingenium-ingenii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 197.ingenium, ingeniī on page 197
