noster, nostra, nostrum

Definitions for noster, nostra, nostrum

Wheelock's Latin

Pronoun

1
our, ours
English derivatives:
nostrum paternoster

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Pronoun

1
Of, belonging to, involving, done, felt, etc, by us (i.e. me and a person or persons specified or implied), our. (b) (emphatically) our own; (of persons, in pred. use) our own masters, independent; also, in our right minds. (c) (w.force of obj. gen.) done, felt, etc., towards us. (d) (neut. pl. as sb) our property; in our possession. (e) it is of concern to us; also ellipt., what is it to do with us?
2
(used in place of meus, esp. in formal language, from modesty, metri gratia, etc.) (b) (used by an author in ref. to himself). (c) in letters.

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Sentences with noster, nostra, nostrum

Latin to English

Pulchra patria nostra est lībera.Compare Our beautiful country is free.

Tyrannus magnās cōpiās ex cīvitāte nostrā dūcet.Compare The tyrant will lead great forces out of our state.

Senex magnae fāmae ex patriā suā ad senātum nostrum fūgit.Compare An old man of great fame fled from his country to our senate.

Amīcus noster in numerō stultōrum nōn remanēbit.Compare Our friend will not stay in the company (number) of fools.

Acerbus et miser sum, qui fateor ego fortuna noster cogo.Compare It is a bitter and sad thing, which our fortune compels us to confess.

Adeo et clades vester vetus et beneficium noster erga vos obliviscor?Compare Have you so completely forgotten both your old defeats and our kindnesses towards you?

Noster miles fortiter is impetus fero.Compare Our men bravely sustained their charge.

Nisi forte rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis, ut quem ad modum temporum vices, its morum vertantur; nec omnia apud priores meliora, sed nostra quoque aetas muta laudis et artium imitanda posteris tulit.Compare Possibly there is in all things a kind of cycle, and there may be moral revolutions just as there are changes of seasons. Not was everything better in the past but our own age too has produced many specimens of excelence and culture for posterity to imitate.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 34.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1191.
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).

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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.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "noster, nostra, nostrum (pron.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 10, 2023. Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/noster-nostra-nostrum.