Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1461.prīvātus on page 1461
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prīvātus private citizen
prīvātus is a Latin Noun that primarily means private citizen.
Definitions for prīvātus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
private citizen
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
One who holds no public office, a private person. (b) one who is not a ruler, a subject.
- 2
A member of the public, individual. (b) (spec., applied to the defendant in a law court). (c) (opp. a soldier).
Adjective
- 1
(of property, etc.) Restricted for the use of a particular person or persons, private. (b) belonging as private property to oneself, one's own; (w. gen.) belonging as private property (to), (c) (neut. as sb.) private property; one's own property, one's own house or land; one's own interest; in ~o, in private, privately.
- 2
Not holding public office (civil or military), private, unofficial. (b) (as emphasizing subject status).
- 3
Of or relating to a private person or a person in his private capacity, private. (b) of or suitable for a person having the status of an ordinary citizen.
- 4
Individual to a person or thing, peculiar, special; (w. gen.) peculiar (to).
Sentences with prīvātus
Latin to English
Maior privatu visus dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset.Compare He seemed greater than a subject while he was yet in a subject's rank, and by common consent would have been pronounced equal to empire, had he never been emperor.
Fures privatorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt; fures publici in auro atque in purpura. (Praeda militibus dividenda)Compare Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chains; those who steal from the public treasure go dressed in gold and purple.
Delecto Duillius, a cena rediens, creber funale et tibicen, qui sui nullus exemplum privatus sumo.Compare Duillius, when returning from supper, used to delight in many torches and a flute player, which he, as a private individual, had assumed without any precedent.
Declension table for prīvātus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | prīvātus | prīvātī |
| Gen. | prīvātī | prīvātōrum |
| Dat. | prīvātō | prīvātīs |
| Acc. | prīvātum | prīvātōs |
| Voc. | prīvāte | prīvātī |
| Abl. | prīvātō | prīvātīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 484.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1461.
- 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): 125.
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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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "prīvātus, prīvātī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 3, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/privatus-privati.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 484.on page 484
