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Meaning of 'Sinus' in English | Latin to English
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The sea makes shores, bays, capes, islands, peninsulas, necks of land, straights, and has rocks in it.
Mare facit littora, Sinus, promontoria, insulas, peninsulas, isthmos, freta et habet scopulos.
Lo, there Tarentum's harbour and the town, / if fame be true, of Hercules, and here / Lacinium's queen and Caulon's towers are known, / and Scylaceum's rocks, with shattered ships bestrown.
Hinc sinus Herculei, si vera est fama, Tarenti / cernitur; attollit se diva Lacinia contra, / Caulonisque arces et navifragum Scylaceum.
Bare were her knees, and from her shoulders hung / the wonted bow, kept handy for the prey / her flowing raiment in a knot she strung, / and loosed her tresses with the winds to play.
Namque humeris de more habilem suspenderat arcum / venatrix dederatque comam diffundere ventis, / nuda genu nodoque sinus collecta fluentes.
In a far retreat / there lies a haven; towards the deep doth stand / an island, on whose jutting headlands beat / the broken billows, shivered into sleet.
Est in secessu longo locus: insula portum / efficit objectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto / frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
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Mare facit littora, Sinus, promontoria, insulas, peninsulas, isthmos, freta et habet scopulos.
means "The sea makes shores, bays, capes, islands, peninsulas, necks of land, straights, and has rocks in it."
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⌨️ Interactive Hint: Press Spacebar in typing mode to quickly reveal the next letter of Est in conspectu Tenedos, notissima fama / insula, dives opum, Priami dum regna manebant, / nunc tantum sinus et statio male fida carinis: / huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt..
⚠️ Native Nuance: While "All of Germania is separated from the Gauls, Raetians and Pannonians by the rivers Rhine and Danube, and from the Sarmatians and Dacians by mutual awe or mountains: the ocean surrounds the rest, encompassing wide peninsulas and the vast areas of islands, their peoples and kings just recently known to us, with whom war has now begun." directly translates to Germania omnis a Gallis Raetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danuvio fluminibus, a Sarmatis Dacisque mutuo metu aut montibus separatur: cetera Oceanus ambit, latos sinus et insularum inmensa spatia complectens, nuper cognitis quibusdam gentibus ac regibus, quos bellum aperuit., locals often blend the syllables together at conversational speed.
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Germania omnis a Gallis Raetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danuvio fluminibus, a Sarmatis Dacisque mutuo metu aut montibus separatur: cetera Oceanus ambit, latos sinus et insularum inmensa spatia complectens, nuper cognitis quibusdam gentibus ac regibus, quos bellum aperuit.
All of Germania is separated from the Gauls, Raetians and Pannonians by the rivers Rhine and Danube, and from the Sarmatians and Dacians by mutual awe or mountains: the ocean surrounds the rest, encompassing wide peninsulas and the vast areas of islands, their peoples and kings just recently known to us, with whom war has now begun.
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🗣️ Shadowing Drill: Listen to Hinc sinus Herculei, si vera est fama, Tarenti / cernitur; attollit se diva Lacinia contra, / Caulonisque arces et navifragum Scylaceum., wait 1 second, then repeat. Record yourself to compare the intonation.
📈 Frequency Metric: The term Germania omnis a Gallis Raetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danuvio fluminibus, a Sarmatis Dacisque mutuo metu aut montibus separatur: cetera Oceanus ambit, latos sinus et insularum inmensa spatia complectens, nuper cognitis quibusdam gentibus ac regibus, quos bellum aperuit. ranks in the top 3% of daily spoken Latin.
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How do you say "The sea makes shores, bays, capes, islands, peninsulas, necks of land, straights, and has rocks in it." in English?
The most natural translation is "Mare facit littora, Sinus, promontoria, insulas, peninsulas, isthmos, freta et habet scopulos.".
How do you say "Lo, there Tarentum's harbour and the town, / if fame be true, of Hercules, and here / Lacinium's queen and Caulon's towers are known, / and Scylaceum's rocks, with shattered ships bestrown." in English?
The most natural translation is "Hinc sinus Herculei, si vera est fama, Tarenti / cernitur; attollit se diva Lacinia contra, / Caulonisque arces et navifragum Scylaceum.".
How do you say "Bare were her knees, and from her shoulders hung / the wonted bow, kept handy for the prey / her flowing raiment in a knot she strung, / and loosed her tresses with the winds to play." in English?
The most natural translation is "Namque humeris de more habilem suspenderat arcum / venatrix dederatque comam diffundere ventis, / nuda genu nodoque sinus collecta fluentes.".
