Latin search results for: Major

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. ancestors (pl.)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. mayor
  • Age: Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
#3

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. greater size/rank
  2. majority (the biggest number)
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980