Latin search results for: cardinalis

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (elector of Popes)
  2. cardinal, prince of Catholic Church
  3. chief, principle
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: C.H. Beeson, “A Primer of Medieval Latin”, 1925 (Bee)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. cardinal/principle/chief
  2. that serves as pivot/on which something turns/depends
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Technical, Architecture, Topography, Surveying
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)