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Latin: L

La

name

the (French article), in the name La Place Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 12… & in Hospitio Episcopi Roffensis apud La Place per quatuor dies infirmus pausans obiit.La

Labeo

name

Labeo, a Roman surname Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.20adfirmant quidam, quibus Cornelius Labeo consentit, hanc Maiam, cui mense Maio res …Labeo

labor

noun

labor, toil; hardship Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.2… quod dum nostram fidem firmiter promimus et labore tolerato ad ‖306‖ Christum per angustam Christi …hardship

lac

noun

milk Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 6 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.3… rasos frangis, et buccellas maiores facies. in lacte infundis, frigis, ex [in] oleo, mel superfundis …milk
  • 7.13.7Tyropatinam: accipies lac, quod adversus patinam aestimabis, temperabis …milk
  • 7.13.7… quod adversus patinam aestimabis, temperabis lac cum melle quasi ad lactantia, ova quinque ad …milk
  • 7.13.7… sextarium mittis, si ad heminam, ova tria. in lacte dissolvis ita ut unum corpus facias, in Cumana …milk
  • 7.13.8Ova spongia ex lacte: ova quattuor, lactis heminam, olei unciam in …milk
  • 7.13.8Ova spongia ex lacte: ova quattuor, lactis heminam, olei unciam in se dissolvis, ita ut …of milk

lacrima

tear Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English tear

d became t in English and Gothic (tagr). Greek kept the d; Latin once said dacrima, then changed it to l (lacrima).

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lacto

verb

give milk; suckle Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.7… aestimabis, temperabis lac cum melle quasi ad lactantia, ova quinque ad sextarium mittis, si ad …milk dishes

laetitia

noun

joy, gladness Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.1… et non hic omnia aduersa perpessus ad futuram laetitiam reseruetur.joy

lagona

noun

flask, bottle Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.5… ex faba factum vel ovorum trium alborem in lagonam mittis et diutissime agitas: alia die erit …flask

lampas

torch, lamp Drafted; not yet checked.

On the way to English lamp

  1. Ancient Greek · 458 BCEλαμπάς lampás · a torch; a lamp
  2. Latin · 50s BCElampas · a torch; a lamp
  3. Middle English · about 1390lampe (plural lampes) · a lamp
  4. English todaylamp

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lana

noun

wool Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.7… vetulos, armenta delicula, oves deliculas, lanam, pelles, plostrum vetus, ferramenta vetera, …wool

langueo

verb

be weak, be sick; droop Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… cognatos pie diligant, an misereantur seruorum languentium domini, an deprecantes aegros non deserant …sick

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 14… & decrepitus apud Trottisclyve morabatur, languens & dolens de subitâ mutatione saeculi; quia in …languishing

languor

noun

weakness, illness; listlessness Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.1… per iacturas et damna corporum prorumpente languore uel debilitatur incessus uel auditus obstruitur …sickness

lanterna

lantern Drafted; not yet checked.

On the way to English lantern

  1. Latin · 77 CElanterna · a lantern
  2. Middle English · about 1390lanterne · a lantern
  3. Early Modern English · 1660lanthorn · a lantern
  4. English todaylantern

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lar

name

Lar, a household god; home Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.1Pater familias ubi ad villam venit, ubi larem familiarem salutavit, fundum eodem die, si …Lar, household god

largior

verb

give generously, bestow Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… an pereuntibus caris uel sic aliquid diuites largiantur et donent sine herede morituri.give freely

laridum

noun

bacon fat, lard Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.33cui pulte fabacia et larido sacrificatur, quod his maxime rebus uires …with lard

lassitudo

noun

weariness Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 16… queri de ineffabili membrorum omnium lassitudine; à qua serò admodum se recipiunt, ut ambulent.weariness

lassus

adjective

tired, exhausted Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.4… uti sciat facere, et id faciat saepe, dum ne lassus fiat:exhausted

Latinus

name, adjective

Latin; a Latin Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.10Varro autem Romanos a Latinis nomina mensum accepisse arbitratus auctores …the Latins
  • 22.11… non quia Romuli fuerit pater, sed quod gens Latina bellicosa. Aprilem autem non ab Aphrodite, sed …Latin
  • 22.13Quintilem, quod loco iam apud Latinos fuerit quinto, item Sextilem ac deinceps ad …the Latins

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.13… Veneris ne sub regibus quidem apud Romanos uel Latinum uel Graecum fuisse, et ideo non potuisse mensem …Latin
  • 12.30… aut, ut Cingius arbitratur, quod Iunonius apud Latinos ante uocitatus, diuque apud Aricinos …the Latins

latitudo

noun

width, breadth; latitude Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 39… in medium cœli ascenderit, vix humani vultus latitudinem repræsentat. Subvolvis verò Volva sua in ipso …width

Latium

name

Latium, the region around Rome Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.12… quod eo mense tam Romae quam antea in Latio res divina Maiae fit et Mercurio. Iunium quoque …Latium
  • 22.13… postea quidem additos, sed nominibus iam ex Latio sumptis; et Ianuarium ab Iano, cui adtributus …Latium

latus

adjective

wide, broad; side, flank Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.16… tertium posuit. de cuius nomine inter auctores lata dissensio est. nam Fulvius Nobilior in fastis, …wide

laudo

verb

praise Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 4 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.2et virum bonum quom laudabant, ita laudabant, bonum agricolam bonumque …they praised
  • pr.2et virum bonum quom laudabant, ita laudabant, bonum agricolam bonumque colonum. amplissime …they praised
  • pr.2… bonum agricolam bonumque colonum. amplissime laudari existimabatur qui ita laudabatur.to be praised
  • pr.2… amplissime laudari existimabatur qui ita laudabatur.was praised

laurea

noun

laurel tree; laurel wreath Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.6… tam in regia curiisque atque flaminum domibus laureae ueteres nouis laureis mutabantur. eodem quoque …laurels
  • 12.6… atque flaminum domibus laureae ueteres nouis laureis mutabantur. eodem quoque mense et publice et …laurels

laurus

laurel, bay tree Drafted; not yet checked.

On the way to English laurel

  1. Latin · 77 CElaurus · the bay tree, laurel
  2. Middle English · about 1390laurer · laurel, the bay tree
  3. Early Modern English · 1623lawrell · laurel
  4. English todaylaurel

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laus

noun

praise, glory Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.12… Saliorum Veneris ulla ut ceterorum caelestium laus celebretur.praise

Lavinii

name

the people of Lavinium Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.1… velit inquirere. nam ut alium Ferentini alium Lavinii itemque Albani vel Romani habuerunt annum, ita …the people of Lavinium

lavo

verb

wash, bathe Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… quae opera per imbrem fieri potuerint, dolia lavari picari, villam purgari, frumentum transferri, …to be washed

lectus

noun

bed, couch Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1… ut post contemplationem siderum et Lunæ, lecto compositus, altius obdormiscerem: atque mihi …in bed

legio

noun

legion Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.35… tres in urbem intulerit, et ex Ianiculo legiones deductae secutaeque sint eius auspicia ac …legions

lego

verb

read; gather, choose Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1… publica vulgi curiositate excitus, ad Bohemica legenda animum appuli. Cumque incidissem in historiam …reading
  • 3… nullum relinquit locum. Ipsa herbas nonnullas legens multis cæremoniis, domique coquens, sacculos …gathering
  • 14… nulli corpulenti, nulli delicati; sed legimus eos, qui ætatem veredorum assiduo usu …we choose

lenio

verb

soften, soothe; tame Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… an ceruicem flectant superbi, an audaciam leniant inprobi, an pereuntibus caris uel sic aliquid …tame

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.9… Veneri dicaretur, quae uim eius quasi benefica leniret.would soften

leniter

adverb

gently, mildly; slowly Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 75… folia subdito, in foco caldo sub testu coquito leniter.slowly, gently

lentus

adjective

slow; flexible, tough Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.7… ut unum corpus facias, in Cumana colas et igni lento coques. cum duxerit ad se, piper aspargis et …slow

Lepidus

name

Lepidus, a Roman surname Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.8… Caesar pontifex maximus suo III et M. Aemilii Lepidi consulatu, quo retro delictum corrigeret, duos …Lepidus

Levania

name

Levania, Kepler's name for the moon Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 11 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 12… valdè enim mira sunt, quæ de ea narrat. Levaniam indigitavit.Levania
  • 14… Germanicorum in ætheris profundo sita est LEVANIA insula: iter ad eam hinc, vel ex eâ in has …Levania
  • 17… illæ sunt, confertim inhabitamus; quæ ubi LEVANIAM attigerint, præstò sumus, quasi ex navi in …Levania
  • 18Atque hæc de itinere in LEVANIAM dicta sunto.Levania
  • 20Etsi siderum fixorum aspectus tota Levania habet nobiscum eosdem; motus tamen Planetarum …Levania
  • 21… quinque Zonas, propter Phœnomena Cœlestia: Sic Levania ex duobus constat hemisphærijs, uno …Levania

Levanicus

adjective

of Levania, lunar Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 35… Atque sic spacio nostratis mensis, seu diei LEVANICI, uno eodemque loco et æstus est quindecies …Levanian

lex

noun

law Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 6 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.1… sit. maiores nostri sic habuerunt et ita in legibus posiverunt, furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem …laws

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.3… commune cum ceteris, quamdiu adhuc secundum legem primae natiuitatis manet caro ista communis?law
  • 12.2qui filium non potes lege et sorte mortalitatis amittere, quid faceres, …by the law

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.34… postea in honorem Iulii Caesaris dictatoris, legem ferente M. Antonio M. filio consule, Iulius …a law

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 2… mentis non capiunt, id calumnientur: legesque figant injuriosas humano generi; quibus sanè …and laws
  • 2… figant injuriosas humano generi; quibus sanè legibus non pauci damnati, Heclæ voraginibus fuerint …laws

libenter

adverb

gladly, willingly Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.5… ambulare et valebit rectius et dormibit libentius. primus cubitu surgat, postremus cubitum eat. …more gladly

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.2… plurimum praestitit quod martyrium coepimus libenter adpetere, dum mortem discimus non timere.gladly

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 9… qui me ob linguæ et regionis cognitionem libenter in suum patrocinium susceperunt: redij in …gladly

liber

noun, adjective

free; book Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.12sed Cingius in eo libro, quem de fastis reliquit, ait imperite quosdam …book

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1… obdormiscerem: atque mihi per somnum visus sum librum ex Nundinis allatum perlegere, cuius hic erat …book
  • 11… oculis notasti, vel fando accepisti, vel ex libris hausisti, eodem quo tu modo, mihi recensuit.books
  • 15… parte itineris, facilior redditur vectio. Tunc libero aëri exponimus corpora, manusque subtrahimus. …free
  • 68… strepitu pluviæ, somnum mihi dissolvit, unaque libri Francofurti allati extrema abolevit.of the book

liberalitas

noun

generosity Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 5… uti mecum crebrò loquerentur, factumque liberalitate Brahei, et paucarum septimanarum exercitio, ut …by generosity

liberi

noun

children Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4… membrorum et cruenta uexatio, sit de uxore, de liberis, de excedentibus caris funebris et tristis …children

libero

verb

set free, release Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.1… moriuntur, hoc est multi ex nostris de saeculo liberantur.are set free
  • 20.1… esse lugendos arcessitione dominica de saeculo liberatos, cum sciamus non amitti sed praemitti, …set free

libertas

noun

freedom, liberty Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.12… fastos notauit, ut maiorem daret actionibus libertatem, et non solum nullum nefastum sed nec …freedom

libet

verb

it pleases Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.2… gratiam referat, ut aliis recte facere libeat. vilicus ne sit ambulator, sobrius siet semper, …it may please
  • 5.5… animo aequiore facient. si hoc faciet, minus libebit ambulare et valebit rectius et dormibit …it will please

libido

noun

desire, longing; whim Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.7… in lucro damnove esset, plus minusve ex libidine intercalando rem sibi ad corrigendum mandatam …whim

libra

noun

pound (weight); scales Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 6 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 75… ubi bene distriverit, farinae siligineae libram aut, si voles tenerius esse, selibram …a pound
  • 76.1Placentam sic facito. farinae siligineae L. II, unde solum facias, in tracta farinae L. …pounds
  • 76.1… L. II, unde solum facias, in tracta farinae L. IIII et alicae primae L. II. alicam in aquam …pounds
  • 76.1… in tracta farinae L. IIII et alicae primae L. II. alicam in aquam infundito. ubi bene mollis …pounds
  • 76.1… depsito. ubi bene subactum erit, farinae L. IIII paulatim addito. id utrumque tracta …pounds

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 14… corruebant, & vix Maneria illo anno de centum libris respondebant.pounds

libum

noun

cake, offering cake Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 75Libum hoc modo facito. casei P. II bene disterat in …libum (a cheese cake)
  • 84… selibram, casei P. II S una conmisceto quasi libum, mellis P. ≡ et ovum unum. catinum fictile oleo …libum

Libussa

name

Libussa, legendary queen of Bohemia Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1… animum appuli. Cumque incidissem in historiam Libussæ Viraginis, arte Magica celebratissimæ: factum …of Libussa

licentia

noun

freedom, permission; license Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 7… ad verum valorem x. marcarum se non extendunt, licentiam dedit annuatim unum Annuale vel alium Missarum …permission

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 2… quæ nuper mortua, scribendi mihi peperit licentiam, cujus rei cupiditate pridem arsi. Dum viveret, …freedom

licet

verb, conjunction

it is allowed, one may; although Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 4 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.1… existimarint feneratorem quam furem, hinc licet existimare.one may

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4sit licet rei familiaris amissio, sit de infestantibus …granted that

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.6… itur, ut annare perennareque commode liceat.it may be allowed

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 17… exercitibus incumbimus: quod non aliàs nobis licet, quàm cum Solem homines viderint deficere. Hinc …is allowed

Licinius

name

Licinius, a Roman family name Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.2… annum transibimus. Annum vertentem Romae Licinius quidem Macer et postea Fenestella statim ab …Licinius

Liesnes

name

Lesnes, a place in Kent Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 17Episcopus Roffensis Abbatias & Monasteria de Liesnes & Mallyng visitans, invenit ea ita destructa …Lesnes

ligusticum

noun

lovage Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.21… rutam, coriandrum, feniculum, omnia viridia, ligusticum, piper, mel, liquamen. si opus fuerit, acetum …lovage
  • 5.3.1… et cuminum supra mittis. teres piper, ligusticum, [careum hoc est caravita] careum, anethum, …lovage
  • 7.19.3In ovis hapalis: piper, ligusticum, nucleos infusos. suffundes mel, acetum: …lovage

lilium

lily Drafted; not yet checked.

On the way to English lily

  1. Latin · 77 CElilium · a lily
  2. Middle English · about 1390lilie · a lily
  3. Early Modern English · 1623lilly · a lily
  4. English todaylily

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limitaneus

noun

on the frontier; frontier soldier Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 37Transiturus ad hoc, incipio ab ejus limitaneis, qui circulum divisorem inhabitant. Ijs enim …borderers

lingō

lick Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English lick

Latin g and Greek ch are the regular outcomes of the old sound (lingere, leichō). English and German show a doubled k instead (Old English liccian, German lecken).

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lingua

noun

tongue; language Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 5… cepit ex me multa quærere; quæ ego linguæ imperitus non intellexi, paucis verbis …of the language
  • 9… Hafniam; nactusque socios itineris, qui me ob linguæ et regionis cognitionem libenter in suum …of language

Relatives of English tongue

The old word began with d (Old Latin dingua). It became t in English and Gothic (tuggo), and z in German. Latin lingua is the same word with an l.

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lingula

noun

small spoon; little tongue Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 84… postea eximito. ita pone cum catillo et lingula.spoon

lino

verb

smear, daub Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 76.4… solum primum ponito, deinde de mortario tracta linito, tracta addito singulatim, item linito usque …smear
  • 76.4… tracta linito, tracta addito singulatim, item linito usque adeo, donec omne caseum cum melle abusus …smear

linteum

noun

linen cloth; sail Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… quem mater ignara vendebat, herbisque et linteis, quæ acu picta, varios præferebant characteres, …linen cloths

linum

noun

flax, linen; thread Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.3.1… sic facies: folia rosarum, albo sublato, lino inseris et sutilis facias, et vino quam …linen thread

liquamen

noun

fish sauce, garum Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 7 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.21… omnia viridia, ligusticum, piper, mel, liquamen. si opus fuerit, acetum addes.fish sauce
  • 4.2.9… album tolles, mittes in mortarium, suffundes liquamen, fricabis. postea mittes liquaminis cyathum …fish sauce
  • 4.2.9… suffundes liquamen, fricabis. postea mittes liquaminis cyathum unum semis, et sucum per colum colabis. …of fish sauce
  • 4.2.35… medio teres cum pipere, cumino, melle, passo, liquamine, oleo modico. ovis missis patinam facies, piper …fish sauce
  • 5.3.1… careum, anethum, ocimum viride, suffundis liquamen, vino et liquamine temperabis, facies ut …fish sauce
  • 5.3.1… ocimum viride, suffundis liquamen, vino et liquamine temperabis, facies ut ferveat. cum ferbuerit, …fish sauce
  • 7.19.3… nucleos infusos. suffundes mel, acetum: liquamine temperabis.fish sauce

lis

noun

lawsuit; quarrel, dispute Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.1… alieno manum abstineat, sua servet diligenter. litibus familia supersedeat: siquis quid deliquerit, …quarrels

littera

noun

letter (of the alphabet); in the plural, letter, literature Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.30… diu manserit, sed post detritis quibusdam litteris ex Iunonio Iunius dictus sit. nam et aedes …letters

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… Daniam petijt, fretumque emensus, cùm haberet literas Episcopi Islandici, tradendas Tychoni Brahe …letters
  • 4… me apud piscatorem insulanum exposuit cum literis; et spe reditus factâ, solvit.letters
  • 5Literis traditis Braheus valdè exhilaratus, cepit ex me …letters
  • 10… non discedere, quocunque me cum commendatitijs literis recepissem; percontari jam de Terris, quas …letters

On the way to English letter

  1. Latin · about 400littera · a letter of the alphabet; in the plural, reading and writing
  2. Middle English · about 1390lettre · a letter
  3. Early Modern English · 1623letter · a letter
  4. English todayletter

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litus

noun

shore, beach Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… quatuordecim aunorum adolescens; navi ad littus appulsa me apud piscatorem insulanum exposuit …shore

loco

verb

place, put; lease, hire out Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.7… fecit, comitia auspicabantur, uectigalia locabant, et seruis cenas adponebant matronae, ut domini …they leased out

locus

noun

place, spot; position Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 20 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 1.3… sub radice montis siet, in meridiem spectet, loco salubri, operariorum copia siet, bonumque …place
  • 1.4… fructum esse. instrumenti ne magni siet, loco bono siet. videto, quam minimi instrumenti …place
  • 1.6… rogabis, sic dicam: de omnibus agris optimoque loco iugera agri centum, vinea est prima, si vino …place
  • 1.6… est prima, si vino bono et multo est, secundo loco hortus inriguus, tertio salictum, quarto …place
  • 5.5… videat clausa uti siet, et uti suo quisque loco cubet et uti iumenta pabulum habeant.place

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.9… ne scilicet religiones sui cuiusque mensis a loco summoverentur.place

lomentum

noun

bean meal Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.5Vinum ex atro candidum facies: lomentum ex faba factum vel ovorum trium alborem in …bean meal

Londonia

name

London Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 12… de Curiâ Romanâ revertente consecrato, versùs Londoniam festinavit, & in Hospitio Episcopi Roffensis …London

longinquitas

noun

distance; long duration Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 11… ipsi dixero, transportor, aut si ab aliquibus longinquitate absterreor, quærendo de iis, tantùm proficio, …by distance

longinquus

adjective

distant, remote; long-lasting Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 39… nostra, cùm plena est exoriens, superque domos longinquas ingrediens, dolij circulo videtur adæquari; ubi …distant

longus

adjective

long Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 11 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.2de quibus omnibus disserere quoniam longum est, ad Romanorum annum transibimus. Annum …long
  • 22.5… dimidiato, sed et hos inter se dispares, alias longiores, alias breviores. at civitatium menses vel …longer

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.7mori timeat cui hoc mora longiore confertur, ut cruciatus eius et gemitus interim …longer

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 10… succedebantque deinceps noctes illæ nostræ longæ, quippè Natalitio Christi mense Sol in Meridie …long
  • 17Multæ prætereà occurrunt difficultates, quas longum esset recensere. Nobis nihil admodum evenit …long
  • 17… evenit mali. Tenebras enim Telluris quam longæ illæ sunt, confertim inhabitamus; quæ ubi …long

Relatives of English long

Hardly any change: the l and the ng stayed put in every branch, and only the vowel moved.

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loquor

verb

speak, talk, say Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 5… quos magno numero alebat, uti mecum crebrò loquerentur, factumque liberalitate Brahei, et paucarum …they should talk
  • 5… septimanarum exercitio, ut mediocriter Danicè loquerer. Nec minùs ego promptus in narrando, quàm illi …I spoke
  • 11… diremta. Tunc illa quodam die, spacio ad loquendum sumpto, rem omnem à primis initiis repetijt, in …speaking

lubricus

adjective

slippery Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.7pueri periculum lubricae aetatis euadunt, ad continentiae adque …slippery

lucellum

noun

small profit Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… præferebant characteres, explicatis, ipsam hoc lucello fraudassem: mater irâ succensa, me loco sacculi …small gain

luceo

verb

shine; dawn Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.11.3… in melle et incende: si incorruptum est, lucet.it shines

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 15… partibus ceperit deficere: quæ ubi tota luxerit, nobis adhuc in itinere hærentibus: irrita …shines out
  • 24… noctis, Sol dimidius tegitur, dimidius lucet, montes circulo circumiens. Nec enim minùs …shines

lucror

verb

gain, profit; save Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.8… cruciatusque carnificis moriendi celeritate lucrata.having escaped

lucrum

noun

profit, gain Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.7… aut publici redemtor ex anni magnitudine in lucro damnove esset, plus minusve ex libidine …profit

lues

noun

plague, pestilence Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… quam necessarium, quod pestis ista et lues quae horribilis et feralis uidetur explorat …pestilence

lugeo

verb

mourn, grieve Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 20.1… publice praedicarem fratres nostros non esse lugendos arcessitione dominica de saeculo liberatos, cum …to be mourned
  • 20.1… aput Deum dicimus ut extinctos et perditos lugeamus et fidem quam sermone et uoce depromimus cordis …we mourn

luminare

noun

light, lamp; heavenly body Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 57… tamen minor, non adeò infestis est viribus, et Luminaria juncta, proliciunt aquas omnes in illud …the lights
  • 57… cùm Hemisphæria inter se divisa habeant luminaria; dividantur et aquæ, et Subvolvis quidem …the lights

luna

noun

moon Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 22 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.1… qui sunt recentioris memoriae et ad cursum lunae vel solis instituti, quanta sit varietas facile …of the moon
  • 20.4… XII facti sunt menses et dies CCCLV, quamvis luna XII suis mensibus CCCLIIII dies videbatur …the moon
  • 22.2… species duae, quod partim solis partim lunae esse dicuntur. secundum solem fit mensis, dum …of the moon
  • 22.2… est autem temporis quoddam spatium a nova luna.moon
  • 22.5luna autem singulos suos menses conficit diebus …the moon
  • 22.7minime videntur errasse qui ad lunae cursum menses civiles adcommodarunt, ut in …of the moon

lunaris

adjective

of the moon, lunar Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.2… unum quodque in zodiaco orbe signum percurrit; lunaris est autem temporis quoddam spatium a nova luna.lunar

lupanar

noun

brothel Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.6… uenientes antichristi minas et corruptelas et lupanaria non timentes.brothels

Lupercalia

name

the Lupercalia, a Roman festival in February Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.15in hoc autem mense Lupercalibus, cum Roma lustratur, salem calidum ferunt, quod …at the Lupercalia
  • 22.15… ferunt, quod februum appellant, unde dies Lupercalium proprie februatus et ab eo porro mensis …of the Lupercalia

lupus

wolf Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English wolf

Lithuanian kept the old k. The old k-and-w sound became f in English wolf (as in four) and p in Latin lupus.

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lustratio

noun

purification; traveling around Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.3… principia, secundum dicauit Februo deo, qui lustrationum potens creditur. lustrari autem eo mense …over purifications

lustro

verb

purify; go around, survey Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.15in hoc autem mense Lupercalibus, cum Roma lustratur, salem calidum ferunt, quod februum appellant, …is purified

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.3… Februo deo, qui lustrationum potens creditur. lustrari autem eo mense ciuitatem necesse erat, quo …to be purified
  • 14.6… trecenti sexaginta quinque dies, quibus sol lustrat zodiacum, efficerent, et ne quadrans deesset, …passes through

lūx

noun

light; daylight Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 11… præstò sunt sapientissimi spiritus, qui tantam lucem regionum cæterarum, strepitumque hominum …light

Relatives of English light

The old k sound turned into the rough gh heard in German Licht and once in English light. Latin lūx and Greek leukos ('bright, white') kept the k.

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