Latin search results for: cloaca

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. maw of voracious person
  2. privy (medieval)
  3. sewer, underground drain
  • 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)
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. tax/levy/contribution towards upkeep/maintenance of sewers/drains
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. "smear"
  2. daub
  3. soil
  4. stain, pollute
  • 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)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of/pertaining to sewage/sewers
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. sewer/drain worker/cleaner
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980
#6

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of/derived from sewage/dung/sewers
  2. [mons cloacarius => dung hill]
  • 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: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980