Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1295.parēns on page 1295
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parēns parent
parēns is a Latin Noun that primarily means parent.
Definitions for parēns
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
parent
English derivatives:
parentage parental parenting
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A parent, a father or mother, (pl.) parents. (b) (of animals). (c) (applied to the parent-stock of trees).
- 2
(usu. pl.) An ancestor, progenitor; (also used to include other than direct ancestors). (b) (of animals). (c) diui ~ntum, di ~ntes, the departed spirits if parents or other near relations.
- 3
~ns patriae (urbis, etc., as a honorific title), The parent, father of one's country (city, etc.).
Adjective
- 1
Obedient, submissive.
Sentences with parēns
Latin to English
Parentibus placitum domum vēnērunt.Compare They came home to please their parents.
Camillus parens patria appellor.Compare Camillus was called the father of his country.
Multus (homo) parens, multus amicus, nonnullus patria perdo.Compare Many men have ruined their parents, many their friends, some their country.
Stirps virilis ex is matrimonium sum, qui Ascanius parens dico nomen.Compare There was a boy born from that marriage, to whom the parents gave the name of Ascanius.
Declension table for parēns
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | parēns | parentēs |
| Gen. | parentis | parentium / -um |
| Dat. | parentī | parentibus |
| Acc. | parentem | parentēs / -īs |
| Abl. | parente | parentibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1295.
- 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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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.
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Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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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. "parēns, parentis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/parens-parentis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 190.parēns, parentis on page 190
