Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1743.sermō on page 1743
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sermō conversation
sermō is a Latin Noun that primarily means conversation.
Definitions for sermō
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
conversation, talk
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Anything that one says, one's words, speech, talk. (b) (used to designate the Satires and Epistles of Horace, as discourses written in an ordinary conversational style; also app., to those of Lucilius).
- 2
A more or less informal address or speech.
- 3
Exchange of talk between two or more speakers, conversation, dialogue. (b) a discussion on a literary, philosophic, scientific, etc., topic; a literary work cast in the form of such a discussion, a dialogue.
Sentences with sermō
Latin to English
Mē taedet sermōnis.Compare I am tired of conversation.
Dicta, sales, lusus, sermonis gratia, risus vincunt naturae candidioris opus.Compare Words, wit, play, sweet talk and laughter, surpass the work of too simple nature.
Mea mihi cōnscientia plūris est quam omnium sermō. (Cicero, Letters to Atticus XII.28.2.)Compare My conscience is more to me than what the world says.
Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis: sermo datur cunctis, animi sapienta paucis.Compare Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.
Omnia Graece... hoc sermone pavent, hoc iram gaudia curas, hoc cuncta effundunt animi secreta: qui ultra? Concumbunt Graece.Compare Nowadays everything's in Greek... in that language they express their fears, their anger, joy, worries, in it they pour out their heart's secrets: why, they even make Greek love!
Consuetudiem sermonis vocabo consensum eruditorum, sicut vivendi consensum bonorum.Compare I will define usage in speech as the agreed practice of educated men, just as where our way of life is concerned I should define it as the agreed practice of all good men.
Sermo familiaris meus tu cum, et item ego cum tuus, adduco uterque ego ad hic consilium.Compare My familiar conversation with you, and likewise yours with me, has brought each of us to this mind.
Habeo senectus magnus gratia, qui ego sermo aviditas augeo.Compare I feel great gratitude to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation.
Declension table for sermō
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | sermō | sermōnēs |
| Gen. | sermōnis | sermōnum |
| Dat. | sermōnī | sermōnibus |
| Acc. | sermōnem | sermōnēs |
| Abl. | sermōne | sermōnibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 487.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1743.
- 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).
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.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
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. "sermō, sermōnis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sermo-sermonis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 487.on page 487
