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Tagged with adjective word-comparison
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What's the difference between "sacra" vs. "sancta" (adj.)?
What's the difference between the adjectives sacra and sancta? Don't they both mean holy or sacred?
For example, the St. Benedict medal says:
Crux sacra sit mihi lux.
Why not "Crux sancta"?...
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Is verus (true) etymologically related to viridis / vireo (green / to be green)?
Is verus (true) etymologically related to viridis / vireo (green / to be green)?
The closest to this that St. Isidore in his Etymologies p. 124 says:
Switches (virga) are the tips of branches and ...
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sempiternus vs. æternus
What's the difference between sempiternus ("always eternal") and ?ternus ("eternal")?
Does ?ternus refer to creatures (e.g., angels and human souls) that were created in time but ...
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What are the differences between "demens" and "insanus"? Are there any single Latin words (nouns) for "insane person"?
First, I'm struggling with understanding the difference between demens and insanum.
My understanding is that demens is an adjective (insane). I've also seen insanum in a few online dictionaries (here'...
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Uter vs. Uterque
The way I learned 'uter' and 'uterque' was as follows. 'Uter' is like the Greek 'π?τερο?', meaning (in interrogative uses) 'which, of two?' and (in non-interrogative uses) 'either, of two'. I learned ...
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Comparing the etymologies of the adjective and participle 'latus'
What are the etymologies of the adjective latus ("wide") and the participle latus ("carried")?
I had assumed that they are the same and the participle just started a new life as an adjective after a ...
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Comparison of omnes, cuncti, and universi
The three adjectives omnis, cunctus, and universus appear to be essentially synonymous.
They are often used in the plural.
The entries in L&S suggest very strong similarity, but I find it unlikely ...
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Etymology of "ingeniōsus" and "ingenuus"
Can someone please explain how these two words,
ingenuus
ingeniōsus
both deriving from gignō, come to mean what they respectively do?
BACKGROUND
According to Wiktionary, ingenuus is made of in- +? ...
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What is the difference between niger and ater?
L&S gives descriptions of niger and ater, but the difference is is not clear to me at all.
Both mean black, but there appears to be a difference in nuance — as practically always when two ...
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What is the difference between Asianus and Asiaticus?
There seem to be two Latin adjectives that mean "Asian": Asianus and Asiaticus.
The dictionary entries in Lewis and Short linked above suggest that the two adjectives are different, but no comparison ...
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Niveus and nivosus
I would like to compare the two adjectives niveus and nivosus derived from nix, "snow".
My prior understanding of these words was that niveus is "snow-white" and nivosus is "snowy", but L&S tells ...
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Aut *celer* aut *vēlōx*?
Celer and vēlōx are often treated as synonymous. I feel certain that I learned the technical distinction between them once: that celer was potential speed, while vēlōx was actual speed. So Usain Bolt ...
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What is the difference between suus and eius?
What is the difference between the possessive adjective
suus (his, hers, its, theirs)
(and its declensions)
and the genitive, possessive pronoun
eius (of her, of him, of it)?
Can these words be ...
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Are there many irregular adjectives for the Latin comparison?
I just learned the comparison for adjectives. Most adjectives have regular conjugations (every case/grammatical gender has its own output). But I learned a few irregular adjectives as well (all in ...
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