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I need definitions for similis, infans, remotus, villanus, and clamo. If you get the definitions tell me what site you dot them at.

2007-01-31 12:08:20 · 2 answers · asked by llong285 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/whitakerwords.html

Good site for single words - Latin/English and English/Latin

Textum = Textile, cloth
Similis = Simple
Infans = Child as a noun; Speechless, newborn, childish as an adjective
Remotus = Remote
Villanus = Feudal tenant; rare, not classical Latin
Clamo = I proclaim

ADDED:

The Smith and Hall Dictionary is generally considered authoritative, and the citation there for 'child' is 'infans, infantis' However, an even more authoritative source would be Publius Vergillius Maro, better known as Virgil, who, in his Aeneid, 6, 427, used 'infantum animae' as 'souls of infants.' If Virgil used 'infans' as a noun, that's certainly good enough for me, protestations from Discipulo notwithstanding.

2007-01-31 14:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0 0

go to perseus, click on classics on the left, then tools up above and then dictionary look-up.

make sure you change the language from the default ancient greek to latin.

this is probably the largest online dictionary for latin in the world

this is the best site in the world if you are a classics major

It runs slow sometimes because its database is huge and linked to universities all over the world

the other is text-kit
the forum there is more reliable than Answers

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infans is the present nominative participle of infare-to fail to speak, it is not a noun. This is exactly what I meant about the forum at textkit being more reliable than answers. Many claim to give the right answer, but they do not. Dictionaries only get you so far. I recommended Perseus because unlike other sites, Perseus will parse your words.

2007-01-31 21:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by Discipulo legis, quis cogitat? 6 · 0 1

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