Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1050.lūna on page 1050
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lūna moon
lūna is a Latin Noun that primarily means moon.
Definitions for lūna
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
moon
English derivatives:
lunar lunacy lunate lunatic lunation interlunar
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The moon; ad ~am, by moonlight. (b) (as visible or not on a given night). (c) (as a goddess). (d) the light of the moon.
- 2
The moon as having a monthly cycle. (b) ~a prima, secunda, etc., the first, second, etc., day after the new moon.
- 3
An object resembling the moon, crescent; (esp.) one worn on the shoes of senators.
Sentences with lūna
Latin to English
Et illa erant fercula, in quibus mihi esurienti te inferebatur sol et luna, pulchra opera tua.Compare Such were the platters on which the sun and the moon, your beauteous works, were brought to me while I hungered for you.
Principio caelum ac terram camposque liquentis lucentemque globum lunae Titaniaque astra spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet.Compare First, you must know that the heavens, the earth, the watery plains of the sea, the moon's bright globe, the sun and the stars are all sustained by a spirit within; for immanent mind, flowing through all its parts and leavening its mass, makes the universe work.
Tarda tamen nitidae non cedunt sidera luci, et cupit Ausonium luna videre ducem.Compare Yet the slow stars yield not to glowing light, and the moon longs to see Ausonia's chief.
Atque omnis primum ad cursus luna in duodecim mensis describo annus.Compare And first of all he divides the year into twelve months, according to the course of the moon.
Nox erat et caelo fulgebat luna sereno inter minora sidera.Compare 'Twas night and the moon was shining in a cloudless sky amid the host of lesser stars.
Declension table for lūna
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | lūna | lūnae |
| Gen. | lūnae | lūnārum |
| Dat. | lūnae | lūnīs |
| Acc. | lūnam | lūnās |
| Abl. | lūnā | lūnīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1050.
- 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
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. "lūna, lūnae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/luna-lunae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 190.lūna, lūnae on page 190
