Latin search results for: cento

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. patchwork quilt, blanket or curtain made of old garments sewn together
  2. rags
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (late) maker of patchwork, rag dealer
  2. fireman using mats to extinguish fires
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. (e.g., Argus)
  2. hundred-eyed
  3. with a multitude of eyes
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Mythology
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of/pertaining to patchwork/rags
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)