Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1024.liber on page 1024
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liber book
liber is a Latin Noun that primarily means book.
Definitions for liber
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
book
- 2
not to be confused with liber, free
English derivatives:
library libretto
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The inner bark of a tree, rind, bast.
- 2
A book written for publication, volume, roll. (b) a single volume of a long work.
- 3
(pl.) Sacred books containing prophecies which were consulted in the event of prodigies.
Sentences with liber
Latin to English
Ā quō liber parātus est (parātus erat, parābātur)?Compare By whom was the book prepared (had been prepared; was being prepared)?
Magister ā quō liber parātus est labōre superātur.Compare The teacher by whom the book was prepared is overcome with work.
Cui liber datus est (dabātur, satus erat)?Compare To whom was the book given (was being given, had been given)?
Hī librī peiōrēs sunt quam librī auctōrum meliōrum.Compare These books are worse than the books of better authors.
Sī meliōribus librīs ūsī essent, plūra didicissent.Compare If they had used better books, they would have learned more.
Is disputatio sententia hic liber expono meus arbitratus.Compare The leading ideas of that discussion I have set forth in this book at my own pleasure.
Declension table for liber
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | liber | librī |
| Gen. | librī | librōrum |
| Dat. | librō | librīs |
| Acc. | librum | librōs |
| Abl. | librō | librīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 39.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1024.
- 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): 126.
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.
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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. "liber, librī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/liber-libri.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 39.liber, librī on page 39
