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varius varied
varius is a Latin Adjective that primarily means varied.
Definitions for varius
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
various, varied, different
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The name of a Roman gens, esp.: (a) Q. Varius Hybrida, tribune 90 B.C., author of the law aimed against the supporters of Drusus. (b) L. Varius Rufus, an Augustan epic poet and tragedian.
Adjective
- 1
Having two or more contrasting colours, particoloured, variegated. (b) (w. ref. to the colour of the skin after flogging). (c) (as the name of a kind of vine or its grapes) = VARIANVS1. (d) (fem., as a name for a leopard or similar animal; as the name of a kind of magpie). (e) variegated in other ways than by colour. (f) creating a variegated effect.
- 2
Composed of many different elements, varied, multifarious, motley. (b) (w. ref. to speech or writing). (c) (of persons) varied in personality or talents, many-sided. (d) (agr., of land) having the top-soil wet and the lower layers dry (see COL. quot.).
- 3
Different in each case, (b) (of opinions, reports) conflicting; ~um est (w. indir. qu.), opinion is divided.
- 4
(usu. w. pl. sb.) Of many different kinds, numerous and varied.
- 5
(of fortunes, circumstances, or sim.) Changeable, fluctuating, inconstant, etc.; (of movement) directed this way and that. (b) (of fighting) variable in result, favouring now one side and now the other. (c) variable in form, extent, etc.; also, variable in meaning.
Sentences with varius
Latin to English
Varium et mutabile semper Femina.Compare Woman is ever a fickle and changeable thing.
Quid ergo sum, deus meus? Quare natura sum? Varia, multimoda vita et immensa vehementer.Compare What then am I, O my God? What is my nature? A life varied and manifold and mightily surpassing measurement.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 489.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2013.
- 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): 124.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "varius, varia, varium (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/varius-varia-varium.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 489.on page 489
