certe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →certe:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surely, certainly, without doubt, really; at least/any rate, in all events;
- Entry →certus, certa -um, certior -or -us, certissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fixed, settled, firm; certain; trusty/reliable; sure; resolved, determined;
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
- P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...adempta est condicio? possem tantos finire dolores nunc certe, et misero fratri comes ire per umbras! immortalis..." - P
Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Corydon; nec munera curat Alexis nec, si muneribus certes, concedat Iollas. heu heu, quid volui misero mihi? floribus..." - P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...ubere fetus— depono; tu dic mecum quo pignore certes. Menalcas De grege non ausim quicquam deponere tecum..." - P
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...ferre moror, cinis ipse. Bonum sit! Nescio quid certe est, et Hylax in limine latrat. Credimus..." - P
Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...illi (quod nec uertat bene!) mittimus haedos. Lycidas Certe equidem audieram, qua se subducere colles incipiunt mollique iugum..." - P
Ecloga X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...fuissem aut custos gregis aut maturae uinitor uuae! Certe siue mihi Phyllis siue esset Amyntas, seu quicumque furor..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...esset irrumator praetor, nec faceret pili cohortem. 'at certe tamen,' inquiunt 'quod illic natum dicitur esse, comparasti..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...funera passis, cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis? Certe hinc Romanos olim, volventibus annis, hinc fore ductores, revocato..."