pauper, gen. pauperis

Definitions for pauper

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
of small means, poor
English derivatives:
poverty impoverished

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Not wealthy, poor. (b) (masc. as sb.).
2
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a poor man. (b) of little worth, cheap.
3
(w. gen.) Poor (in respect of), scantily endowed (with).
4
(of resources. etc.) Meagre, poor, unproductive.

Sentences with pauper

Latin to English

Hī dīvitiās celerrimē invēnērunt; illī diūtissimē erunt pauperēs.Compare These men obtained wealth very quickly; those will be poor for a very long time.

Pauperēs saepe sunt fēlīciōrēs et minus metūs habent.Compare Poor men are often happier and have less fear.

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.

In pretio pretium nunc est. dat census honores, census amicitias; pauper ubique iacet.Compare Nowadays nothing but money counts: fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.

Est enim hoc commune vitium in magnis liberisque civitatibus, ut invidia gloriae comes sit, et libenter de his detrahant, quos eminuere videant altius: neque animo aequo pauperes alienam opulentium intuentur fortunam.Compare It is a general failing in great and free states that envy should be a concomitant of distinction: people like to pull down those whom they see rising too high; nor do the poor look with equanimity on fortunes in which they have no share.

Quotiens amico diviti nihil donat, liberalis est pauper?Compare Whenever a poor man give nothing to a rich friend, he is being generous.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 223.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1314.
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): 119-219.

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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

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.

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. "pauper, gen. pauperis (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 16, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pauper-gen-pauperis.