Oxford Latin Dictionary
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Ō Oh!
Ō is a Latin Interjection that primarily means Oh!.
Definitions for Ō
Wheelock's Latin
Interjection
- 1
O!, Oh!, commonly used preceding a vocative
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Interjection
- 1
(with a sb. or equivalent in the voc. case, in addressing a person or in adjurations).
- 2
(w. a sb. or equivalent in nom., acc., or gen. case, in exclamations expr. admiration, pleasure, horror, etc.) O what (a).., o how.. (a) (w. nom.). (b) (w. acc.). (c) (w. gen.).
Sentences with Ō
Latin to English
Ō vir magne, in cīvitātem nostram venī.Compare O great man, come into our state.
Ō tempora, Ō mōrēs! (Cicero, In Catilinam I.1)Compare O the times, O the character (of men)!
O mihi praeteritos referat si Iuppiter annos.Compare If Jupiter would only restore those bygone years.
O terra ille beatus, qui hic vir excipio: hic ingratus, si ejicio: miser, si amitto!Compare O happy that land which shall receive this man: ungrateful this land, if it shall banish him: wretched, if it shall lose him!
O curvae in terris animae et Caelestium inanis!Compare O souls bowed to earth and void of all heavenly thoughts!
O res non modo video foedus, sed etiam audio!Compare O fact shameful not only to be seen, but even to be heard of.
O miser et infelix dies! o falsus spes! o volucer fortuna! o caecus cupiditas! quam cito ille omnis praetereo!Compare O wretched and unhappy day! O false hope! O fleeting fortune! O blind ambition! how quickly have all those things passed away!
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 14.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1210.
- Word frequencies
- 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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "Ō (interj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/o.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 14.Ō on page 14
