English search results for: fabulous

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. antidote (to poison)
  2. fabulous healing plant/juice
  3. food of the gods, ambrosia
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Mythology
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. phoenix, a fabulous bird of Arabia
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. celebrated in story
  2. storied, fabulous
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#4

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (fabulous creature)
  2. ass-centaur
  3. impure person
  4. monster (Douay)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Mythology
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#5

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (fabulous animal)
  2. unicorn
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess
#6

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. fabulous invention (Pliny)
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • 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)
#7

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. fabulous narrative
  2. tall tale
  • 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)
#8

adjective

Definitions:

  1. fabulous
  2. mixed with fable
  • 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)
#9

adjective

Definitions:

  1. fabulous (L+S)
  2. mythic
  3. mythical
  4. of myth or fable
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#10

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (fabulous animal)
  2. unicorn
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)