Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2117.ūtilis on page 2117
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ūtilis useful
ūtilis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means useful.
Definitions for ūtilis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
useful, advantageous
English derivatives:
utility utilitarian utilization utilize
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
(of concr. things) Conducive to utility or profit, useful, serviceable.
- 2
(of abst. conditions, actions, etc.) Advantageous, profitable, useful. (b) (of leg. processes, etc.) practival, convenient; (w. publice) serving the public interest, conducive to the interests of justice, etc. (c) impensae ~es, (leg.) expenditure incurred on behalf of an owner in improving property, increasing its profitability, etc.
- 3
(esp. in Stoic philosophy, opp. honestus) Expedient, advantageous (in quots, freq. as sb.).
- 4
(of persons) Of such a character as to confer advantage or benefit, useful, helpful.
- 5
Capable of doing one's part.
Sentences with ūtilis
Latin to English
Rursus, quid virtus et quid sapientia possit, utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulixen.Compare Again, of the power of virtue and wisdom he has given a profitable example in Ulysses.
Qui quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.Compare [Homer] shows us what is fair, what is fould, what is profitable, what not, more plainly and better than a Chrysippus or a Crantor.
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.
Modice doleo ceteri utilis sum, tu necesse sum.Compare Moderate grief is useful to others, and is necessary to you.
Magistratus debeo praescribo rectus et utilis et coniunctus cum lex.Compare A magistrate ought to prescribe what is right and useful and in accordance with the laws.
Errorque hic, utilis Romani, oblatus fuga formidoque Samnites impleo.Compare And this mistake, useful to the Romans, occuring filled the Samnites with flight and fear.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 181.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2117.
- 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): 125.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ūtilis, ūtile (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/utilis-utile.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 181.ūtilis, ūtile on page 181
