Latin noun
īra
īra, īrae f.
īra is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “wrath” (2 times) and “anger” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from īra to the words it goes with.
Inde consilium mihi pauca de Augusto et extrema tradere, mox Tiberii principatum et cetera, sine ira et studio, quorum causas procul habeo.
Then it is my plan to relate a few things about Augustus and his final acts, and then Tiberius's principate and the rest, without anger and partisanship, the causes of which I keep far away.
ira: object of the preposition sine; the phrase goes with tradere.
…iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram
I sing of arms and a man, who first, an exile by fate, came from the shores of Troy to Italy and the Lavinian shores, that man having been tossed much both on lands and on the deep by the force of the gods, on account of the unforgetting wrath of savage Juno.
iram: object of the preposition ob; the phrase goes with iactatus.
Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?
Is there such great wrath in divine souls?
irae: the core of the sentence.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| ira | Ablative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| irae | Nominative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
| iram | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to īra by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.