English search results for: nun
#1
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- (opprobrious of man)
- handmaid
- maid servant
- nun (selfdescribed)
- slave girl
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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)
#2
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- nun
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Age:
Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
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Area:
Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
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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:
L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#3
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- for nun/Muslim)
- covering (esp. clothing for body/parts)
- veil
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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: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- ascetic (female)
- nun
- women (pl.) who have taken vows (L+S)
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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Area:
Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#5
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- nun
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Age:
Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
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Area:
Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#6
noun
Definitions:
- (14th letter of Hebrew alphabet)
- (transliterate as N)
- nun
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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Area:
Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
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Geography:
Near East
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
William Whitaker’s personal guess
#7
adjective
Definitions:
- holy
- monastic
- of sanctity/purity
- pious, religious
- [~ mulier => nun]
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Age:
Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
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Area:
Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
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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)