Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1733.senātus on page 1733
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senātus senate
senātus is a Latin Noun that primarily means senate.
Definitions for senātus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
senate
English derivatives:
senatorial
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The permanent political assembly at Rome (having at first only advisory, later judicial and legislative functions), the senate. (b) (applied to analogous bodies in other states): (c) PRINCEPS2 ~us, the senator whose name headed the roll of senators and was the first to give his opinion.
- 2
A meeting of the senate, sitting. (b) ~um dare (praebere), to give an audience with the senate.
Sentences with senātus
Latin to English
Cum cōnsul haec verba dīxisset, senātus respondit pecūniam ad hanc rem collātam esse.Compare When the consul had spoken these words, the senate replied that money had been brought together for this purpose.
Imperium istīus tyrannī tantum erat ut senātus eum expellere nōn posset.Compare The power of that tyrant was so great that the senate could not drive him out.
Caesar, cum senātūs diē vēnisset ad Cūriam, cōnfossus est.Compare When Caesar had arrived at the Senate House on the day of a senate meeting, he was stabbed.
Pompeiō duce senātus bellum contrā Caesarem parāvit.Compare With Pompey as leader, the Senate organized a campaign against Caesar.
Ego, quamdiu senatus auctoritas ego defendendus sum, acriter proelior.Compare I fought with spirit, as long as the authority of the senate had to be defended by me.
Veniens Capua cunctus senatus populusque obviam egredior.Compare All the senate and people went out to meet them as they came to Capua.
Sanguis pluit senatus nuntio.Compare It was reported to the senate that it had rained blood.
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 senātus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | senātus | senātūs |
| Gen. | senātūs | senātuum |
| Dat. | senātuī | senātibus |
| Acc. | senātum | senātūs |
| Abl. | senātū | senātibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1733.
- 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
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.
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.
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. "senātus, senātūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/senatus-senatus.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.senātus, senātūs on page 131
