virtute
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
virtute (plural virtutes)
Latin edit
Noun edit
virtūte f
- ablative singular of virtūs
- By virtue, character, excellence, courage, or manliness.
- "Virtute et armis" is Mississippi's state motto.
- "Virtute et industria" is the city motto of Bristol.
References edit
- virtute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
- (ambiguous) to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
- (ambiguous) to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
- (ambiguous) to deviate from the path of virtue: a virtute discedere or deficere
- (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
- (ambiguous) moral precepts: praecepta de moribus or de virtute
- (ambiguous) to give moral advice, rules of conduct: de virtute praecipere alicui
- (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
- (ambiguous) to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2008.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin virtūs, virtūtem. See also the older inherited form, vârtute.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
virtute f (plural virtuți)