Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1575.ratiō on page 1575
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ratiō reason
ratiō is a Latin Noun that primarily means reason.
Definitions for ratiō
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
reckoning, account, reason, judgment, consideration, system, manner, method
English derivatives:
ratio ration rational irrational ratiocination
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The act of reckoning, calculation. (b) to make a calculation keep count. (c) a record of numbers, register.
- 2
(spec.) A financial reckoning, the calculation of accounts or the figures obtained from this. (b) money standing to one's account, credit balance. (c) an official account; a clerk of accounts. (d) the account balances; (fig.) a satisfactory account can be given; to square one's account (with).
- 3
A proportion, relation; in proportion, proportionately; in proportion (to).
Sentences with ratiō
Latin to English
Dūcimusne saepe hominēs ad ratiōnem?Compare Do we often lead men to reason?
Ratiō hominēs ad bonam vītam dūcere potest.Compare Reason can lead men to a good life.
Sī ratiō dūceret, fēlīx essēs.Compare If reason were leading, you would be happy.
Cum sis incautus nec rem ratione gubernes, noli Fortunam, quae non est, dicere caecam.Compare When you are imprudent and fail to steer your course by reason, do no call Fortune blind, for she is not.
Carmine divinas artis et conscia fati sidera diversos hominum varianta casus, caelestis rationis opus, deducere mundo aggredior. (Astronomica, I, 1)Compare Divining arts, and stars foreknowing fate varying the diverse turns of human state (The works of heaven's high reason) we bring down in verse, from Heaven.
Ratio id iudicare vult quod aequum est.Compare Reason wishes the decision it gives to be just.
Eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet quam si uni reddatur.Compare The condition of holding empire is that an account cannot be balanced unless it be rendered to one person.
Lex est ratio summa insita in natura, quae iubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. [De legibus, I,vi,18]Compare Law is the highest reason implanted in nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.
Declension table for ratiō
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ratiō | ratiōnēs |
| Gen. | ratiōnis | ratiōnum |
| Dat. | ratiōnī | ratiōnibus |
| Acc. | ratiōnem | ratiōnēs |
| Abl. | ratiōne | ratiōnibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 51.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1575.
- 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): 120.
Bibliography
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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. "ratiō, ratiōnis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ratio-rationis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 51.ratiō, ratiōnis on page 51
