English search results for: cistern
#1
noun
- declension: 4th declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- basin/tank/tub
- bin
- lake/pond
- lime-hole
- pit
- reservoir/cistern/basin, trough
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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:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#2
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- (or wine L+S)
- cistern
- ditch/pit
- underground/sunken tank/reservoir for water
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3
noun
- declension: 4th declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- catching fire
- cistern/basin/reservoir
- conception
- embryo/fetus
- storing water
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- inward-sloping central roof (guides rainwater to cistern)
- like frame for vines
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- inward-sloping central roof (guides rainwater to cistern)
- like frame for vines
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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:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#6
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- basin/tank/tub
- bin
- lake/pond
- lime-hole
- pit
- reservoir/cistern/basin, trough
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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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:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#7
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- cistern
- place in which water is collected, catchment, basin
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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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:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#8
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- receptacle (for water), tank, cistern
- reservoir (Ecc)
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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:
Only citation is inscription
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)