Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1907.tardus on page 1907
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tardus slow
tardus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means slow.
Definitions for tardus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
slow, tardy
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Slow in movement, moving slowly. (b) (transf., of old age; also, of gout). (c) (of movement) slow. (d) (of speech, rhythm, etc.).
- 2
(of events, processes etc.) Making slow progress, long drawn out. (b) (of periods of time).
- 3
Slow to take action, dilatory. (b) (of things) slow or dilatory in operation.
- 4
Occurring after the expected or proper time, late, tardy; (of persons, etc.) late.
- 5
Slow-witted, dull, stupid. (b) (of the senses, faculties) slow, dull.
Sentences with tardus
Latin to English
O tardus nimis et piger maritus!Compare Oh, what a very tardy and sluggish husband!
Tarda tamen nitidae non cedunt sidera luci, et cupit Ausonium luna videre ducem.Compare Yet the slow stars yield not to glowing light, and the moon longs to see Ausonia's chief.
At memoria minuo. Credo, nisi is exerceo, aut si sum natura tardus.Compare But the memory is weakened. I believe this, unless you exercise it, or if you are by nature somewhat slow.
Pereloquens videor, non tardus sententia, non inops verbum, vox canorus, facetus satis.Compare He seemed very eloquent. being neither slow in ideas, nor poor in diction, with a musical voice, and tolerably witty.
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): 1907.
- 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. "tardus, tarda, tardum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/tardus-tarda-tardum.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 488.on page 488
