Latin search results for: opis
#1
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- help
- influence
- power, might
- resources/wealth (pl.)
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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:
Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#2
adjective
Definitions:
- curved-backwards
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Age:
Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
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Area:
Biological, Medical, Body Parts
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980
#3
noun
Definitions:
- (spasms arch body backward)
- opisthotonos, body-curving disease
- ~ tetanus
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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Area:
Biological, Medical, Body Parts
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)