English search results for: lesser

#1

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. eye-salve containing celandine juice
  2. lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adverb

Definitions:

  1. short of
  2. to a lesser degree than
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

noun

  • declension: 4th declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (no longer exists)
  2. exorcist, third of four lesser orders of Catholic Church
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)