Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1314.pax on page 1314
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pāx peace
pāx is a Latin Noun that primarily means peace.
Definitions for pāx
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
peace
English derivatives:
pacify pacific pacifist appease pay
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A pact (to end or avert hostilities), settlement, peace. (b) (applied to relations between individuals).
- 2
A 'pact' granted by a god or gods (conferring freedom from divine anger, approval of current activities, etc.), blessing.
- 3
(opp. to bellum) Peaceful conditions of life, a state of order and security, peace. (b) peaceful relations, amity. (c) peace as a policy.
Sentences with pāx
Latin to English
Pāx nōn potest esse perpetua.Compare Peace cannot be perpetual.
In multīs cīvitātibus terrīsque pāx nōn poterat valēre.Compare In many states and lands peace could not be strong.
Ā cīve quī missus erat pāx et lībertās laudātae sunt.Compare Peace and liberty were praised by the citizen who had been sent.
Nam illī miserī nunc frūctūs pācis et multum lībertātis sine metū habent.Compare For those unfortunate men now have the fruits of peace and much liberty without fear.
Nam quis potest beātus esse sī aliī hominēs frūctibus pācis lībertātisque carent?Compare For who can be happy if other human beings lack the enjoyments of peace and liberty?
Sī illī fidē carent, nūlla spēs est amīcitiae et pācis.Compare If those men lack faith, there is no hope of friendship and peace.
Pax est tranquilla libertas, servitus postremum malorum omnium non modo bello, sed morte etiam repellendum.Compare Peace is freedom in tranquility, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
Pax cum victus facio; socius deinde duco, quum Africus bellum urgeo.Compare We made peace with them when conquered; we afterwards considered them as allies, when they were hard pressed by the African war.
Declension table for pāx
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | pāx | pācēs |
| Gen. | pācis | pācum |
| Dat. | pācī | pācibus |
| Acc. | pācem | pācēs |
| Abl. | pāce | pācibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
- 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): 121.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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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. "pāx, pācis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pax-pacis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 45.pāx, pācis on page 45
