English search results for: Possum sed nolo

#1

adverb

Definitions:

  1. not, by no means, no
  2. [non modo ... sed etiam => not only ... but also]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. (early Latin potis sum becomes possum)
  2. able, capable
  3. possible
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#3

adverb

Definitions:

  1. only/just/merely/barely/alone
  2. [nonsolum ...sed etiam => not only ...but also]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (pun on nolo)
  2. bell (Erasmus)
  3. Nola (town in Campania)
  4. woman of Nola
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)