Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1434.praemium on page 1434
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praemium reward
praemium is a Latin Noun that primarily means reward.
Definitions for praemium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
reward, prize
English derivatives:
premium
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A payment, inducement (for a particular action or service, sometimes practically = bribe).
- 2
A reward (for meritorious conduct, hardships, etc.), prize. (b) benefit of law. (c) (iron., of punisment).
- 3
Plunder, booty, prize.
Sentences with praemium
Latin to English
Quod praemium dedit?Compare What reward did he give?
Quō praemiō ille mōtus est?Compare By which reward was that man motivated?
Praemia mea sunt simillima tuīs.Compare My rewards are very similar to yours.
Me doctarum hederae praemia frontium dis miscent superis.Compare For me, the ivy crown which rewards the poet's brow admits me to the company of gods.
Haud ignarus summa scelera incipi cum periculo, peragi cum praemio.Compare He knew that the greatest crimes are perilous in their inception, but well rewarded after their consummation.
Non fero Romanum nomen sudataque bella et titulos tanto quaesitos sanguine carpi. detrahit invictis legionibus et sua Romae praemia deminuit, qui, quidquid fortiter actum est, adscribit Veneri, palpam victoribus aufert. [Contra orationem Symmachi,II,551)Compare I will not permit the name of Rome, whose wars cost so much toil, and whose glory was purchased at such cost of blood, to be disparaged. He who credits Venus with Rome's great exploits belittles the unconquered legions, destroys Rome's honor, takes away the palm from the victors.
Oppidanus urbs habeo, victor praemium in medium positus.Compare The townsmen had possession of the city, which was placed in the middle as the prize of the conquerors,
Tu senatus auctoritas, salus civitas, totus res publica, provincia praemium vendo.Compare You sold the authority of the senate, the safety of the state, the whole commonwealth, for the bribe of a province.
Declension table for praemium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | praemium | praemia |
| Gen. | praemiī | praemiōrum |
| Dat. | praemiō | praemiīs |
| Acc. | praemium | praemia |
| Abl. | praemiō | praemiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1434.
- 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): 124.
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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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.
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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. "praemium, praemiī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/praemium-praemii.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 248.praemium, praemiī on page 248
