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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1676.saepe on page 1676
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saepe often
saepe is a Latin Adverb that primarily means often.
Definitions for saepe
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
often
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
Many times, often, frequently.
- 2
(compar.) More often, more than the times specified or than might be considered normal; iterum et (ac) ~ius, time and again; semel et (ac) ~ius, more than once.
Sentences with saepe
Latin to English
Mē saepe vocant et (and) monent.Compare They often call and advise me.
Virī magnī paucōs amīcōs saepe habent.Compare Great men often have few friends.
At tyrannō expulsō, alius tyrannus imperium saepe accipit.Compare But after a tyrant has been expelled, another tyrant often gets the power.
Ācrēs ducēs ācriōrēs cōpiās ācerrimōrum hostium saepe laudābant.Compare Fierce leaders often used to praise the fiercer forces of the fiercest enemy.
Sī īra valet, Ō mī fīlī, saepe errāmus et poenās damus.Compare If the anger is strong, oh my son , we often err and pay the penalty.
Saepe grandis natu senex nullum aliud habet argumentum, quo se probet diu vixisse, praeter aetatem. [De tranquillitate animi, III,8]Compare Often a man who is very old in years has no evidence to prove that he has lived a long life other than his age.
Nec pietas ullast velatum saepe videri vertier ad lapidem atque omnis accedere ad aras nec procumbere humi prostratum et pandere palmas ante deum delubra nec aras sanguine multo spargere quanrupedum nec votis nectere vota, sed mage pacata posse omnia mente fueri.Compare It is no piety to show oneself often with covered head, turning toward a stone and approaching every altar, none to fall prostrate upon the ground and to spread open the palms before shrines of the gods, none to sprinkle altars with the blood of beasts in showers and to link vow to vow; but rather to be able to survey all things with mind at peace.
Vocat quocum bene saepe libenter mensam sermonesque suos rerumque suarum comiter impertit, magnam cum lassus diei partem trivisset de summis rebus regendis.Compare He sent for a man with whom he was often happy to share his table, and to talk about private affairs after a tiring day spent dealing with the most serious business of government.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 6.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1676.
- 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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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "saepe (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/saepe.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6.saepe on page 6
