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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1061.magis on page 1061
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magis more
magis is a Latin Adverb that primarily means more.
Definitions for magis
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
more, rather
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A plate, dish.
Adverb
- 1
To a greater extent, more. (b) (w. quam; also w. abl.). (c) (w. magis rptd. or another compar. in correlative cl.).
- 2
(used to form the periphr. compar. of adjs. and advs.; also w. advl. phrs.) More. (b) (to avoid the repetition of an adj. or adv. in the compar.). (c) (pleon., w. compar. of adj. or adv.)
Sentences with magis
Latin to English
Communi ... fit vitio naturae, ut inusitatis atque incognitis rebus magis confidamus vehementiusque exterreamur.Compare By common defect of nature, the unusual and the unknown make us either overconfident or overly fearful.
Vivere tota vita discendum est et, quod magis fortasse miraberis, tota vita discendum est mori.Compare It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more- it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
Armat spina rosas, mella tegunt apes. crescunt difficili gaudia iurgo accenditque magis, quae refugit, Venus. quod flenti tuleris, plus sapit osculum. [Fescennina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti, IV,10]Compare Thorns arm the rose and bees find a defense for their honey. The refusals of coyness do but increase the joy; the desire for that which flies us is the more inflamed; sweeter is the kiss snatched through tears.
Id magis verisimile esse usus reapse experiundo edocet.Compare This is actually the more likely opinion, in the light of ordinary experience.
Tandem venit amor, qualem texisse pudori quam nudasse alicui sit mihi, Fama, magis. [Elegidia, I,1]Compare At last love has come, love such that, to conceal it, O Rumor, would shame me more than to proclaim it.
At Romae ruere in servitium consules, patres, eques: quanto quis illustrior, tanto magis falsi ac festinantes, vultuque composito, ne laeti excessus principis, neu tristiores primordio, lacrimas, gaudium, questus adulationem miscebant.Compare Meanwhile at Rome people plunged into slavery - consuls, senators, knights. The higher a man's rank, the more eager his hypocrisy, and his looks the more carefully studied, so as neither to betray joy at the decease of one emperor nor sorrow at the rise of another, while he mingled delight and lamentations with his flattery.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 480.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1061.
- 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): 119.
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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. "magis (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/magis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 480.on page 480
