Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2122.uulnus on page 2122
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vulnus wound
vulnus is a Latin Noun that primarily means wound.
Definitions for vulnus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
wound
English derivatives:
vulnerable invulnerable
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A wound. (b) (w. gen. indicating cause or source; also, the sufferer). (c) (poet., of prospective wounds residing in missiles, blows, etc.; also, of opportunities for wounding). (d) (poet.) a wound of love.
- 2
An injury obtained by things as a result of the action or application of some physical force.
- 3
A mental or emotional hurt.
Sentences with vulnus
Latin to English
Hic manus ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi, quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat, quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti, inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artis, quique sui memores alios fecere merendo.Compare Here were assembled those who had suffered wound in defense of their country; those who had lived pure lives as priests; and poets who had not disgraced Apollo, poets of true integrity; men who civilized life by the skills they discovered, and whose kindness to other people has has kept their memory green.
Cui verba sonosque monstravi questusque et vulnera caeca resolvi, reptantemque solo demissus ad oscula nostra erexi, blandoque sinu iam iamque cadentes exsopire genas dulcesque accesere somnos.Compare I taught thee sounds and words and soothed thy complainings and thy hidden hurts, and as thou didst crawl on the ground, I stooped and lifted thee to my kisses, and lovingly on my bosom lulled to sleep thy drooping eyes, and bade sweet slumber to take thee. [Statius Lament for his son]
Amoris vulnus idem sanat qui facit.Compare Love's wounds are cured by love itself.
Tanto est accusare quam defendere, quanto facere quam sanare vulnera, facilius.Compare It is just so much easier to accuse than to defend as it is easier to inflict than to heal a wound.
Magnus vis eminus missus telum multum noster vulnus infero.Compare A great number of missiles, discharged from a distance were inflicting many wounds on our men.
Sto obnisus Samnites, quanquam plus accipio, quam infero, vulnus.Compare The Samnites keep their ground obstinately, although they receive more wounds than they inflict.
Multus (homo) utrinque cado, multus vulnus accipio.Compare Many fall on both sides, more receive wounds.
Tutus sum arbitror sine ullus vulnus victoria potior.Compare They thought that it was safer to gain the victory without any bloodshed.
Declension table for vulnus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | vulnus | vulnera |
| Gen. | vulneris | vulnerum |
| Dat. | vulnerī | vulneribus |
| Acc. | vulnus | vulnera |
| Abl. | vulnere | vulneribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 158.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2122.
- 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): 121.
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.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "vulnus, vulneris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/vulnus-vulneris.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 158.vulnus, vulneris on page 158
