Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1185.nōmen, nōminis on page 1185
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nōmen name
nōmen is a Latin Noun that primarily means name.
Definitions for nōmen
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
name
English derivatives:
nomenclature nominate nominative nominal noun pronoun renown denominationignominy misnomer
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A personal name. (b) (abl. sg., after vbs. of addressing, recognizing, etc.) by (one's) name. (c) (spec.) the second or gentile name of a Roman.
- 2
The name (of a people, place, or other thing considered to have individual existence).
- 3
(abl. sg., qualifying a sb.) Named, called (such and such).
Sentences with nōmen
Latin to English
Quid est nōmen tibi?Compare What's your name?
Nōmen mihi est Mārcus.Compare My name is Mark.
Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominis imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appelant.Compare To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a solitude and call it peace.
Uxor, vivamus, quod viximus, et teneamus nomina, quae primo sumpsimus in thalamo: nec ferat ulla dies, ut commutemur in aevo; quin tibi sim iuvenis tuque puella mihi. [Epigrammata, XL, Ad Uxorem, 1)Compare Wife, let us live as we have lived, and keep calling each other by the names we first used when we married. May the day never come that we should change, may I always be your young man, and you my girl.
In principatu commutando saepius, nil praeter domini nomen mutant pauperes.Compare In changing rulers, the poor usually change nothing but the name of their master.
Oblīvīscor nōmina.Compare I forget names.
Nomen amicitae sic, quatenus expedit, haeret; calculus in tabula mobile ducit opus. Cum fortuna manet, vultum servatis, amici; cum cecidit, turpi vertitis ora fuga.Compare The name of friendship endures so long as there is profit in it; the counter of the boards plays a changeable game. While my luck holds you give me smiles. my friend; when it is out, you turn your faces away in shameful flight.
En omne sub regnum Remi mortale concessit genus, idem loquuntur dissoni ritus, it ipsum sentiunt. Hoc destinatum quo magis ius Christiani nominis quodcumque terrarum iacet uno inligaret vinculo.Compare Lo, the whole human race has come under the rule of Remus: men of different ways of life now speak and think alike. This was preordained so that the rightful authority of the Christian name might unite in one bond all lands.
Declension table for nōmen
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | nōmen | nōmina |
| Gen. | nōminis | nōminum |
| Dat. | nōminī | nōminibus |
| Acc. | nōmen | nōmina |
| Abl. | nōmine | nōminibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1185.
- 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): 120.
Bibliography
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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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "nōmen, nōminis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/nomen-nominis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 45.nōmen, nōminis on page 45
