Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2104.uōx on page 2104
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vōx voice
vōx is a Latin Noun that primarily means voice.
Definitions for vōx
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
voice, word
English derivatives:
vocal vocalic vocalize vociferous vowel vox angelica vox humana vox populi
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The human voice (as the instrument of speech or other utterances). (b) the voice as an instrument of singing. (c) the voice of analogous faculty of other creatures. (d) (transf., of the 'voice' or means of expression of other abst. or concr. things).
- 2
(a) una ~ce, with a single voice, with one accord. (b) ~x uiua, the voice of a person speaking in one's presence. (c) ~ce, by word of mouth; (also) aloud.
- 3
The voice as expressing a person's authority, opinion, etc.
Sentences with vōx
Latin to English
Vocem Cornelia audit.Compare Cornelia hears the voice.
"Tacēte, omnēs!" magnā vōce clāmat. "Audīte mē!"Compare "Be quiet, everyone!" he cries in a loud voice. "Listen to me!"
Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua a miseram Eurydicen! Anima fugiente vocabat.Compare That cold, cold tongue cried out "Eurydice!" cried "Poor Eurydice!" as the soul of the singer fled.
Atqui fine sub ultimo peccatrix anima stultitiam exuat: saltem voce Deum concelebret, si meritis nequit. [Liber Cathermerinon, Praefatio, 31]Compare And so, as my last day approaches, let my sinful soul divest itself of its folly; let it at least celebrate God in words, if it cannot in deeds.
Nox silentium audio vox clarus humanus.Compare In the silence of the night he heard a voice louder than that of a man.
Recordatus quondam super cenam, quod nihil cuiquam toto die praestitisset, memorabilem illam meritoque laudatam vocem edidit: "Amici, diem perdidi." [Divus Titus, VIII,1]Compare On one occasion, recalling at dinner that he [Titus] had not granted a single favor all day, he uttered this memorable and justly praised remark: "Friends, I have lost a day."
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.
Declension table for vōx
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | vōx | vōcēs |
| Gen. | vōcis | vōcum |
| Dat. | vōcī | vōcibus |
| Acc. | vōcem | vōcēs |
| Abl. | vōce | vōcibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 238.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2104.
- 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): 120.
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.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "vōx, vōcis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/vox-vocis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 238.vōx, vōcis on page 238
