verbum

See also: Verbum

Afrikaans

Noun

verbum (plural verba)

1. verb

Synonyms

• werkwoord
• funksiewoord

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Czech

Etymology

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Latin verbum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrbum]

Noun

verbum n

1. verb

Synonyms

• See sloveso

Related terms

Related terms

• adverbiální
• adverbium
• deverbativum
• neverbální
• proverbiální
• proverbium
• univerbizace
• verbalismus
• verbalista
• verbalistický
• verbalizace
• verbalizovat
• verbální
• verva

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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Danish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin verbum (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrbɔm/, [ˈvæɐ̯b̥ɔm]

Noun

verbum n (singular definite verbet, plural indefinite verber)

1. (grammar) verb (a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Inflection

Declension of verbum

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verbum	verbet	verber	verberne
genitive	verbums	verbets	verbers	verbernes

Synonyms

• udsagnsord

References

• “verbum” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *werβom, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”). Cognate with Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale), English word.

In the grammatical sense of “verb”, it is a calque of Ancient Greek ῥῆμᾰ (rhêma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.bum/, [ˈu̯ɛrbʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.bum/, [ˈvɛrbum]

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

verbum n (genitive verbī); second declension

1. word

   Res, non verba. ― actions speak louder than words

   Actions speak louder than words (literally, Things, not words).

2. proverb
3. (grammar) verb

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	verbum	verba
Genitive	verbī	verbōrum
Dative	verbō	verbīs
Accusative	verbum	verba
Ablative	verbō	verbīs
Vocative	verbum	verba

Synonyms

• (verb): verbum temporāle

Derived terms

• adverbium
• proverbium
• verbālis
• verbātim
• verbōsus
• verbum actīvum
• verbum auxiliāre
• verbum causātīvum
• verbum commūne
• verbum dēfectīvum
• verbum dēminūtīvum
• verbum dēnōminātīvum
• verbum dēpōnēns
• verbum dēsīderātīvum
• verbum diminūtīvum
• verbum factitīvum
• verbum frequentātīvum
• verbum imitātīvum
• verbum impersōnāle
• verbum inchoātīvum
• verbum intēnsīvum
• verbum intrānsitīvum
• verbum irrēgulāre
• verbum iterātīvum
• verbum neutrum
• verbum passīvum
• verbum persōnāle
• verbum reciprocum
• verbum reflexīvum
• verbum rēgulāre
• verbum substantīvum
• verbum trānsitīvum

 

Related terms

• adverbiālis
• verbōsē

Descendants

• Aragonese: berbo
• Asturian: verbu
• → Basque: berba
• Catalan: verb
• Corsican: verbu
• → Czech: verbum
• → English: verb
• French: verbe, verve
• Galician: verbo, verba
• → German: Verb, Verbum

• Italian: verbo
• Ladino: byervo
• Occitan: vèrb
• Piedmontese: verb
• Portuguese: verbo, verba (from the plural)
• Romanian: verb, vorbă (possibly)
• Sicilian: verbu
• Spanish: verbo
• Swedish: verb
• → Welsh: berf

References

• “verbum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verbum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verbum 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)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to crave humbly; to supplicate: supplicibus verbis orare
    
  • what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
    
  • to agree in fact but not in word: re concinere, verbis discrepare
    
  • to address a meeting of the people: verba facere apud populum, in contione
    
  • pathos; passion: magniloquentia, granditas verborum
    
  • the plain style: verborum tenuitias, oratio subtilis
    
  • well-chosen language, grace of style: ornatus orationis, verborum
    
  • to explain one's sentiments: sententias (verbis) explicare, aperire
    
  • to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing: exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
    
  • the connection: perpetuitas verborum
    
  • to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere
    
  • to give a full, detailed account of a thing: pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
    
  • the circumstances are described in language worthy of them: rebus verba respondent
    
  • to be unable to say all one wants: verbis non omnia exsequi posse
    
  • I have abundance to say: res (opp. verba) mihi suppetit
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): ad verbum transferre, exprimere
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): verbum e verbo exprimere
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): verbum pro verbo reddere
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): totidem verbis transferre
    
  • to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    
  • the structure of the sentence: compositio, structura verborum
    
  • the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
    
  • the construction: constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi
    
  • profusion of words: copia, ubertas verborum
    
  • to be rich in words: verbis abundantem esse, abundare
    
  • poverty of expression: inopia verborum
    
  • to employ carefully chosen expressions: lectissimis verbis uti (De Or. 3. 37)
    
  • obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba
    
  • nominally; really: verbo, nomine; re, re quidem vera
    
  • literally: si verba spectas
    
  • in some one's name; on some one's behalf (not nomine alicuius): verbis alicuius, e.g. salutare (Liv. 9. 36)
    
  • these are mere empty phrases: haec verba sunt (Ter. Phorm. 3. 2. 32)
    
  • mere words; empty sound: inanis verborum sonitus
    
  • senseless rant: inanium verborum flumen
    
  • to not say a word: nullum (omnino) verbum facere
    
  • to say not a syllable about a person: ne verbum (without unum) quidem de aliquo facere
    
  • to speak on a subject: verba facere (de aliqua re, apud aliquem)
    
  • to extract a word from some one: verbum ex aliquo elicere
    
  • to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
    
  • an altercation, debate: verborum concertatio
    
  • to say only a few words: pauca dicere (pauca verba dicere only of the orator)
    
  • all this means to say: omnia verba huc redeunt
    
  • no word escaped him: nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit (or simply ei)
    
  • to unable to find a suitable expression: verbo parum valere (Tusc. 3. 5. 11)
    
  • not to understand a single word: verbum prorsus nullum intellegere
    
  • to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam
    
  • to invent, form words: verba parere, fingere, facere
    
  • to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word): vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...
    
  • to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): verbum ductum esse a...putare
    
  • to derive a word from... (used of an etymologist): originem verbi repetere a...
    
  • to give the etymological explanation of words: nomina enodare or verborum origines quaerere, indagare
    
  • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
    
  • the fundamental meaning of a word: vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
    
  • to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • the order of words: ordo verborum (Or. 63. 214)
    
  • a figurative expression; a word used metaphorically: verbum translatum (Or. 27. 92)
    
  • well-arranged words: verba composita
    
  • a trope; metonymy: verborum immutatio
    
  • it was said long ago that..: vetus (verbum) est (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
    
  • minute, pedantic carping at words: verborum aucupium or captatio
    
  • the text of the author (not textus): verba, oratio, exemplum scriptoris
    
  • to strike out, delete a word: inducere verbum (Phil. 13. 19. 43)
    
  • the terms, contents of the letter are as follows: litterae in hanc sententiam or his verbis scriptae sunt
    
  • insulting expressions: voces (verba) contumeliosae
    
  • insulting expressions: verborum contumeliae
    
  • to deceive a person, throw dust in his eyes: verba dare alicui (Att. 15. 16)
    
  • to read prayers for the congregation to repeat: praeire verba (carmen) (Liv. 31. 17)
    
  • a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
    
  • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    
  • to use Cicero's expression; to say with Cicero (not ut cum Cicerone loquar): ut Ciceronis verbis utar
    
  • to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar)
    
• verbum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.