laura
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Noun
editlaura (plural lauras or laurae)
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
- 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer: The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240:
- The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.
- (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
- 1966, E. C. Butler, “Chapter XVIII: Monasticism”, in H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney, editors, The Cambridge Medieval History, volume 1, page 529:
- There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure.
Translations
editcluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
large male monastery
Anagrams
editBasque
editAdjective
editlaura
Noun
editlaura
Numeral
editlaura
French
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editVerb
editlaura
- third-person singular past historic of laurer
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈläːu̯rä]
Etymology 1
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Noun
editlaura f (genitive laurae); first declension
- Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | laura | laurae |
Genitive | laurae | laurārum |
Dative | laurae | laurīs |
Accusative | lauram | laurās |
Ablative | laurā | laurīs |
Vocative | laura | laurae |
References
edit- laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 894/1.
Etymology 2
editFrom the Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra).
Noun
editlaura f (genitive laurae); first declension
- (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | laura | laurae |
Genitive | laurae | laurārum |
Dative | laurae | laurīs |
Accusative | lauram | laurās |
Ablative | laurā | laurīs |
Vocative | laura | laurae |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ſive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)
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