Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1243.officium on page 1243
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officium duty
officium is a Latin Noun that primarily means duty.
Definitions for officium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
duty, service
English derivatives:
office officer official officious
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A helpful or beneficial act done to someone in fulfilment of an obligation, a service, friendly office, or sim. (b) (applied to services performed by things). (c) (applied to sexual favours). (d) and sim., the last rites (cf. sense 2c). (e) readiness to give help or service.
- 2
An act of respect to a person, a courtesy or civility; esp. a ceremonial visit (as of a client to his patron). (b) (meton.) a gathering of persons paying their respects. (c) a ceremony or rite.
- 3
That which one is bound to do in the way of service, one's duty or obligations (to a person, the State, etc.) (b) to be, remain, etc., true to one's allegiances (and sim. phrs.). (c) (absol.) moral obligation, duty. (d) a sense of one's obligations, dutifulness or sim.
Sentences with officium
Latin to English
Amīcus meus est vir magnī officiī.Compare My friend is a man of great service.
Officia magistrī sunt multa et magna.Compare The duties of a teacher are many and great.
Magistrī līberī officiō cūram dabant.Compare Free teachers were giving attention to duty.
Officium nostrum facimus et faciēmus.Compare We are doing and will do our duty.
Hominēs officia difficilia in omnibus terrīs timent.Compare Men fear difficult duties in all lands.
Officiīs ā cīvibus relictīs, rēs pūblica in magnō perīculō erit.Compare When duties have been deserted by the citizens, the state will be in great danger.
Balbus, homo et jus et officium peritus, non possum aliter judico.Compare Balbus, a man most skilled in both law and his duty, cannot decide otherwise.
Q. Pompeius proconsul sum, castus vir atque omnis officium diligens.Compare Quintus Pompeius was proconsul, a most virtuous man and one most attentive to every duty.
Declension table for officium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | officium | officia |
| Gen. | officiī | officiōrum |
| Dat. | officiō | officiīs |
| Acc. | officium | officia |
| Abl. | officiō | officiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1243.
- 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.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "officium, officiī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 26, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/officium-officii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 28.officium, officiī on page 28
