sobrius

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Latin

Etymology

From sē- (“without”) +‎ ēbrius (“intoxicated”) "sōbrius" instead of "sēbrius" almost certainly because of Proto-Italic: *swē. Compare: Latin: sodalis, Latin: socors

Pronunciation

Adjective

sōbrius (feminine sōbria, neuter sōbrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sober (not drunk)
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.785:
      Ecce suburbānā rediēns male sōbrius aede
      See! barely sober, returning from the suburban shrine, .
      (That is, someone having drank wine at the June festival of Fors Fortuna.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sōbrius sōbria sōbrium sōbriī sōbriae sōbria
genitive sōbriī sōbriae sōbriī sōbriōrum sōbriārum sōbriōrum
dative sōbriō sōbriae sōbriō sōbriīs
accusative sōbrium sōbriam sōbrium sōbriōs sōbriās sōbria
ablative sōbriō sōbriā sōbriō sōbriīs
vocative sōbrie sōbria sōbrium sōbriī sōbriae sōbria

Descendants

References

  • “sobrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sobrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sobrius 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)
  • sobrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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