cardo, cardinis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hinge; pole, axis; chief point/circumstance; crisis; tenon/mortise; area; limit;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cardo | cardines |
| Gen. | cardinis | cardinum, cardinium |
| Dat. | cardini | cardinibus |
| Acc. | cardinem | cardines |
| Voc. | cardo | cardines |
| Abl. | cardine | cardinibus |
Examples
- T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Sine. viden ut aperiuntur aedes festivissumae? num muttit cardo? est lepidus. Pal. Quin das savium? Phaed. Tace, occultemus..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...auferre, non animum potest. Sed cuius ictu regius cardo strepit? ipse est Pelasgo tumidus imperio Creo. Creo Medea..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...taceam de neglegentibus, quorum nihil refert ubi litium cardo vertatur dum sint quae vel extra causam ex personis..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...gradibus surgebant limina, nexaeque aere trabes, foribus cardo stridebat aenis. Hoc primum in luco nova res oblata timorem..." - T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nauibus maritima ora, ut promunturium iis Mineruae uelut cardo in medio esset; alter in dextram partem usque..."