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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1882.supplicium on page 1882
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supplicium punishment
supplicium is a Latin Noun that primarily means punishment.
Definitions for supplicium
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
punishment
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A thing offered, act performed to placate a person one has wronged; esp. ~ium dare, to give reparation, atone; ~ium sumere, to accept reparation. (b) an appeal for help, entreaty.
- 2
(relig.) A thing offered, act performed to propitiate a deity (= supplicatio).
- 3
Satisfaction exacted by the law for a misdeed, etc., punishment (esp. of physical nature, often spec. w. ref. to execution). (b) ~ium summum, ultimum, or sim., the extreme penalty, death. (c) (transf.) extreme suffering, torment (inflicted on someone or something regarded as a victim).
Sentences with supplicium
Latin to English
Cum de supplicio cuiusdam capite damnati ut ex more subsriberet admoneretur: "Quam vellem," inquit, "nescire litteras." (Nero,X, 2)Compare When he [Nero] was asked to sign the usual warrant for a man's execution, he said, "How I wish I had never learned to write!"
Non minus principi turpia sunt multa supplicia quam medico multa funera. [De Clementia, I, xxiv, 1)Compare Numerous executions are not less discreditable to a prince than are numerous funerals to a physician.
Cetera multitudo sors, decimus quisque, ad supplicium ego.Compare The rest of the multitude were chosen by lot, every tenth man, for punishment.
Adeo facinora atque flagitia sua ipsi quoque in supplicium verterant.Compare So completely has his crimes and infamies recoiled, as a penalty on himself.
Declension table for supplicium
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | supplicium | supplicia |
| Gen. | suppliciī | suppliciōrum |
| Dat. | suppliciō | suppliciīs |
| Acc. | supplicium | supplicia |
| Abl. | suppliciō | suppliciīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 488.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1882.
- 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.
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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "supplicium, suppliciī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/supplicium-supplicii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 488.on page 488
