Hearth Interactive

Words · Latin

Latin: L

La

name

La

In the library

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

In the library

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

hardship

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)

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

lac

noun

milk; of milk

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

  • 7.13.3… 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

lacto

verb

milk dishes

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

laetitia

noun

joy

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)

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

lagona

noun

flask

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

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

lampas

a torch; a lamp

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

Play Word Passport

lana

noun

wool

In the library

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

sick; languishing

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… 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

sickness

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)

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

lar

name

Lar, household god

In the library

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 freely

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

with lard

In the library

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

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

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

lassus

adjective

exhausted

In the library

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

the Latins; Latin

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

  • 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

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

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

Latium

name

Latium

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

  • 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

In the library

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

they praised; to be praised; was praised

In the library

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

laurels

In the library

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

laus

noun

praise

In the library

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

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

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

lavo

verb

to be washed

In the library

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

in bed

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

legio

noun

legions

In the library

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

reading; gathering; we choose

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… 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

would soften; tame

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 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

slowly, gently

In the library

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

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

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; of Levania

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

  • 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
  • 24Itaque Levania tota vicissitudines sentit diei et noctis, ut …Levania
  • 24… annuâ varietate toto anno. Per totam enim Levaniam æquantur dies ferè noctibus: nisi quòd …Levania
  • 24… montes circulo circumiens. Nec enim minùs Levania suis incolis immota stare videtur, currentibus …Levania
  • 38Omnium verò jucundissima est in Levania, speculatio Volvæ suæ, cujus illi fruuntur …Levania
  • 55Atque hæc de apparentijs in LEVANIAE hemisphærio utroque tàm Subvolvano, quàm …of Levania

Levanicus

adjective

Levanian

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

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

lex

noun

laws; a law; law; by the law; and laws

In the library

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

more gladly; gladly

In the library

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

book; books; free; of the book

In the library

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

by generosity

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

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

liberi

noun

children

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)

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

libero

verb

are set free; set free

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)

  • 15.1… 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

In the library

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 may please; it will please

In the library

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

whim

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

libra

noun

a pound; pounds

In the library

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

libum (a cheese cake); libum

In the library

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

of Libussa

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

permission; freedom

In the library

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

one may; it may be allowed; granted that; is allowed

In the library

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

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

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

Liesnes

name

Lesnes

In the library

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

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

  • 1.21… 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

limitaneus

noun

borderers

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

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

lingua

noun

of the language; of language

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

  • 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

lingula

noun

spoon

In the library

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

In the library

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 cloths

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

linum

noun

linen thread

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; of fish sauce

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

  • 1.21… 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

quarrels

In the library

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

letters; a letter of the alphabet; in the plural, reading and writing

In the library

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

Play Word Passport

litus

noun

shore

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

loco

verb

they leased out

In the library

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; in place; to place; room; places; a place

In the library

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
  • 22.13Quintilem, quod loco iam apud Latinos fuerit quinto, item Sextilem …in place

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)

  • 17.2primo in loco non est in tua potestate sed in Dei dignatione …place

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

  • 1.1.2… cum melle despumato in cupellam mittis conditi loco, et ad momentum quantum sit bibendum, tantum …place
  • 1.12.1… mittis. vas picari et gypsari facies, et in locum frigidum, ubi sol accessum non habet, reponi …place

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

  • 12.15… sacrum facerent, cuius rei causam, quia huic loco non conuenit, praetereundum est.to place
  • 14.6… unum intercalarent diem, eo scilicet mense ac loco, quo etiam apud ueteres mensis intercalabatur, …place

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

  • 2… mundi; & Ordines celebravit in utroque loco certis interstitiis temporum.place

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

  • 3… 24. horis conspicuus, nocti nullum relinquit locum. Ipsa herbas nonnullas legens multis …room
  • 4… hoc lucello fraudassem: mater irâ succensa, me loco sacculi Nauclero proprium addixit, ut ipsa …in place
  • 15… ut denique moles corporea sponte suâ vergat in locum propositum. Sed parum nobis est utilis hæc …place
  • 17… et ibi nos properè in speluncas et loca tenebrosa recipimus, ne nos Sol in aperto paulò …places
  • 17… dæmonibus, initaque societate, ubi primùm locus Sole carere ceperit, junctis agminibus in …a place
  • 23… utrique sunt communia hemisphærio, primo loco explicabo.in place
  • 35… mensis, seu diei LEVANICI, uno eodemque loco et æstus est quindecies ferventior Africano …place

lomentum

noun

bean meal

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

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

Londonia

name

London

In the library

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

by distance

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

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

longinquus

adjective

distant

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

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

longus

adjective

long; longer

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

  • 20.2de 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
  • 24… omnis dies est brevior suâ nocte; Subvolvis longior. Quid autem per circuitum annorum 8 varietur, …longer
  • 35… nostros quindecim vel sedecim dies naturales longa, perpetuis horrida tenebris, quantæ apud nos …long
  • 35… succedit dies, quatuordecim nostros longa, vel eo paulò minus, quibus et Sol major, et …long
  • 39… hujus Hemisphærij;) paulò minùs quadruplo longiori diametro cernitur, quàm nobis nostra Luna, …longer
  • 56… etsi nostratia quatuordecim Νυχθήμερα longa sit, Volvæ tamen præsentia terras illustrat, et …long

loquor

verb

they should talk; I spoke; speaking

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

  • 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

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)

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

lucellum

noun

small gain

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

it shines; shines out; shines

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

  • 1.11.3… 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

having escaped

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

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

pestilence

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

lugeo

verb

to be mourned; we mourn

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)

  • 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

the lights

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

  • 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

of the moon; the moon; moon; of the Moon; to the Moon; the Moon; Moon; for Moon; than Moon

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

  • 20.1… 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
  • 22.8… Divus Iulius cum videret hac ratione neque ad lunam menses, ut oportebat, neque annos ad solem …the moon

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

  • 12.39sed cum is numerus neque solis cursui neque lunae rationibus conueniret, non numquam usu …of the moon
  • 13.1… quinquaginta quattuor dies, quibus duodecim lunae cursus confici credidit, annus extenderetur.of the moon
  • 13.8… ergo Romani ex hac distributione Pompilii ad lunae cursum sicut Graeci annum proprium computarent, …of the moon
  • 14.13sic annum ciuilem Caesar habitis ad lunam dimensionibus constitutum edicto palam posito …the moon

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… nocte, ut post contemplationem siderum et Lunæ, lecto compositus, altius obdormiscerem: atque …of the Moon
  • 7… machinis totis noctibus intendebant Lunæ sideribusque, quæ me res admonebat matris, …to the Moon
  • 7… admonebat matris, quippè et ipsa assiduè cum Luna solita erat colloqui.the Moon
  • 13… descriptionem. Tempus jam erat vernum, Lunâ crescente in cornua, quæ ut primum Sole sub …the Moon
  • 15… anteà constat de tempore eundi, quàm Luna ab orientis partibus ceperit deficere: quæ ubi …the Moon
  • 15… præcedimus jam corpus, ne durissimo impactu in Lunam, damni quid patiatur.the Moon
  • 21… fruitur suâ volvâ, quæ est illis vice nostræ Lunæ; hoc verò Volvæ conspectu in æternum privatur.Moon
  • 38… illi fruuntur conspectu in compensationem Lunæ nostræ; qua cùm ipsi, tùm et Privolvæ carent …for Moon
  • 39Notis Terrarum incolis Luna nostra, cùm plena est exoriens, superque domos …Moon
  • 39… longiori diametro cernitur, quàm nobis nostra Luna, adeò, ut discorum instituta comparatione, …Moon
  • 39… quindecuplo major sit illorum Volva, Lunâ nostrâ. Quibus verò Volva Horizonti perpetuo …than Moon

lunaris

adjective

lunar

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

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

lupanar

noun

brothels

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

at the Lupercalia; of the Lupercalia

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

  • 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

lustratio

noun

over purifications

In the library

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

is purified; to be purified; passes through

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

  • 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

lux

noun

light

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

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