sordes
See also: Sordes
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sordes, related to sordere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sordes pl (plural only)
- Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
- Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight.
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sordes
Catalan edit
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Adjective edit
sordes
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sordeō + -ēs. More at sordeō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsor.deːs/, [ˈs̠ɔrd̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsor.des/, [ˈsɔrd̪es]
Noun edit
sordēs f (genitive sordis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sordēs | sordēs |
Genitive | sordis | sordium |
Dative | sordī | sordibus |
Accusative | sordem | sordēs sordīs |
Ablative | sorde sordī |
sordibus |
Vocative | sordēs | sordēs |
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References edit
- “sordes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sordes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sordes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be in great trouble, affliction: in sordibus luctuque iacēre
- to be in great trouble, affliction: in sordibus luctuque iacēre