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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1524.pūrus on page 1524
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pūrus pure
pūrus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means pure.
Definitions for pūrus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
pure, free from
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Free from dirt, clean, unsoiled. (b) (of ulcers or sim.) free from morbid matter.
- 2
Free from contaminating ingredients, pure, refined, unadulterated, etc.; for ~us putus see PVTVS. (b) (of grain or fruits freed from their outer coverings). (c) (of qualities and other abstracts) free from any admixture, pure, complete, genuine; (also transf., of persons said to possess certain qualities). (d) (w. ref. to a person's tastes) refined, cultivated.
- 3
Free from ceremonial defilement, taboo, or sim., ritually clean or acceptable.
- 4
Free from moral defilement or the stain of crime (esp. bloodshed), pure, blameless, innocent.
- 5
Not polluted by sexual contact, pure, chaste.
Sentences with pūrus
Latin to English
Integer vitae scelerisque purus.Compare He that is unstained in life and pure from guilt.
Ea libertas est qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat; aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscura latent.Compare Freedom is having a pure and dauntless heart; all else is slavery and lies hidden in darkness.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 485.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1524.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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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.
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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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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "pūrus, pūra, pūrum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/purus-pura-purum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 485.on page 485
