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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1841.subitō on page 1841
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subitō suddenly
subitō is a Latin Adverb that primarily means suddenly.
Definitions for subitō
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
suddenly
English derivatives:
sudden suddenness
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adverb
- 1
Suddenly, unexpectedly.
- 2
At short notice, quickly; within a short space of time, in no time at all.
Sentences with subitō
Latin to English
Subitō exclāmāvit ūnus ex adstantibus, "Cavēte, Omnēs!Compare Suddenly one of (those) standing near shouted, "Watch out, everyone!"
Cum quattuor diēs nāvigāssēmus, subitō maxima tempestās coorta est.Compare When we had sailed four days, suddenly a very great storm arose.
Difficilest longum subito deponere amorem.Compare It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love.
Ligarius venio: bellum subito exardesco.Compare Ligarius came: suddenly war broke out.
Tum subito tempestas coorior magnus.Compare Then suddenly very violent storms arose.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 230.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1841.
- 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): 119-219.
Bibliography
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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.
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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. "subitō (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed March 31, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/subito.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 230.subitō on page 230
