English search results for: posture
#1
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- correctness (spelling)
- erect posture
- rectitude
- straightness
- uprightness
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Age:
Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949
#2
adverb
Definitions:
- doubled up (with old age)
- squatting on the haunches in a crouching posture
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3
adjective
Definitions:
- of a reclining posture (L+S)
- suitable for reclining in at dinner
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)