Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1757.sīdus on page 1757
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sīdus constellation
sīdus is a Latin Noun that primarily means constellation.
Definitions for sīdus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
constellation, star
English derivatives:
sidereal consider desire
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(usu. in pl.) A heavenly body (star, planet, etc.). (b) (pl.) the heavenly bodies as a whole, the stars (including where appropriate the sun and moon); (meton.) the period during which the stars shine, i.e. night.
- 2
(pl., spec.) The planets (five in number, or seven as including the sun and moon). (b) (w. specifying adj. or gen. ) a (particular planet). (c) (specifically, or as implied by the context referring to the sun; the moon).
- 3
A constellation. (b) a single star (in a constellation). (c) (in references to deification, and applied by way of flattery to members of the imperial family during their lifetime).
Sentences with sīdus
Latin to English
Sidera terra ut distant et flamma mari, sic utile recto. Sceptrorum vis tota perit, si pendere iusta incipit, evertitque arces respectus honesti.Compare The useful is as distant from the right as the stars from the earth and fire from water. The whole strength of rulers goes when justice begins to be weighed, and respect for truth undermines their citadels.
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.
Os homine sublime dedit, caelumque tueri iussit et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.Compare He gave to man an uplifted face and bade him stand erect and turn his eyes to heaven.
Homo animus do ex ille sempiternus ignis, qui sidus et stella voco.Compare To man there was given a soul drawn from those everlasting fires, which you call constellations and stars.
Nox erat et caelo fulgebat luna sereno inter minora sidera.Compare 'Twas night and the moon was shining in a cloudless sky amid the host of lesser stars.
Declension table for sīdus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | sīdus | sīdera |
| Gen. | sīderis | sīderum |
| Dat. | sīderī | sīderibus |
| Acc. | sīdus | sīdera |
| Abl. | sīdere | sīderibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1757.
- 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): 123.
Bibliography
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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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sīdus, sīderis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sidus-sideris.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 197.sīdus, sīderis on page 197
