Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1183.noceō on page 1183
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nocēre to harm
nocēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to harm.
Definitions for nocēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to do harm to, harm, injure
English derivatives:
innocent innocuous noxious nuisance obnoxious
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To injure physically, hurt or damage: (a) (persons). (b) (things).
- 2
To harm or injure (a person, etc.) in respect of his circumstances, interests, etc. (b) (leg., in respect of a case or claim). (c) (impers., usu. in neg. or quasi-neg. context) it does harm. (d) (w. quod cl.) to do wrong (in that).
- 3
To detract from, impair (a faculty, performance, etc.).
- 4
To do moral harm to, corrupt.
- 5
(w. cogn. acc.) noxam or noxiam ~ere, To cause damage; (in general) to commit an offence.
Sentences with nocēre
Latin to English
Vir bonus nēminī nocēre vult; omnibus parcit, omnēs iuvat.Compare A good man wishes to harm nobody; he spares all, he helps all.
Nihil metuendum est quod animō nocēre nōn possit.Compare Nothing is to be feared which cannot injure the soul.
Noceō hostibus.Compare I harm the enemy.
Iūstitia numquam nocet cuiquam.Compare Justice never harms anyone.
Conjugation table for nocēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| noceō nocēs nocet nocēmus nocētis nocent | nocēbam nocēbās nocēbat nocēbāmus nocēbātis nocēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| nocuī nocuistī nocuit nocuimus nocuistis nocuērunt / nocuēre | nocueram nocuerās nocuerat nocuerāmus nocuerātis nocuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| nocēbō nocēbis nocēbit nocēbimus nocēbitis nocēbunt | nocuerō nocueris nocuerit nocuerimus nocueritis nocuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| noceam noceās noceat noceāmus noceātis noceant | nocērem nocērēs nocēret nocērēmus nocērētis nocērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| nocuerim nocueris nocuerit nocuerimus nocueritis nocuerint | nocuissem nocuissēs nocuisset nocuissēmus nocuissētis nocuissent |
Infinitive present nocēre Infinitive perfect nocuisse Infinitive future nocitūrum esse | Imperative present nocē nocēte Imperative future nocētō nocētō nocētōte nocentō |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1183.
- 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): 122.
Bibliography
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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. "noceō, nocēre, nocuī, nocitum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed July 21, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/noceo-nocere-nocui-nocitum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 248.noceō, nocēre, nocuī, nocitum on page 248
