English search results for: scales

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (3/4 pound avoirdupois)
  2. level
  3. Roman pound, 12 unciae/ounces
  4. scales, balance
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. pan of a pair of scales
  2. plate, metal dish, tray, platter, charger
  • 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)
#3

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. peel/rub/scour/clean/scrape/shake off
  2. scale, remove scales/skin/surface from
  • 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)
#4

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. chariot pole
  2. grade, standard of quality
  3. scales, balance
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. one who holds the balance (in ceremony of mancipium), man in charge of scales
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#6

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. balance, pair of scales
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#7

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. unguent made with scales that fly from metal in hammering
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • 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

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. round sea-fish without scales (bald)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • 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

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. delicate scales for weighing gold/silver/coins
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
  • 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)
#10

adjective

Definitions:

  1. having two scales (balance)
  • 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)
#11

adjective

Definitions:

  1. rough (of a stone), with rough scales
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)