Dictionary formunda, undae(feminine)
Translation
wave; water
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | unda | undae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | unda | undae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | undam | undas |
| Genitiveof | undae | undarum |
| Dativeto, for | undae | undis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | unda | undis |
Examples
ferit.
The wave strikes the shore with a great noise.
.
The waves of the sea were high.
periit.
The ship was lost among the waves.
mandaverunt.
They committed the body to the waves.
latent.
Beneath the water rocks lie hidden.
Unda, undae, f., is first declension. In prose it means a wave; in verse it very often means nothing more than water, so undis in Virgil is usually "in the water" rather than "in the breakers". Read it as "wave" every time and the poetry turns choppy for no reason.
The verb family is worth having: undo, "surge", and the compounds abundo, "overflow", inundo, "flood", and redundo, "flow back" - which is how English gets abundant, inundate, redundant and undulate. One letter separates it from the adverb unde, "from where", and both are common enough that the eye slips. Fluctus is the near synonym, and leans towards the swell rather than the single breaker.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 10: unda, membrum, extra and 7 more words.