Meaning of sinus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a bent surface; a curve, fold, hollow
   declension-4, masculine, poetic
2. the hanging fold of a toga over the breast; a pocket, lap
   declension-4, masculine
3. a purse, money (which was carried in the bosom of the toga)
   declension-4, masculine
4. a garment
   declension-4, masculine, poetic
5. the bosom, breast
   declension-4, masculine
6. the bosom for love, protection, asylum
   declension-4, figuratively, masculine
7. the interior, inmost part of a thing
   declension-4, figuratively, masculine
8. a power, possession of someone
   declension-4, figuratively, masculine
9. a hiding place, place of concealment; a secret feeling
   declension-4, figuratively, masculine
10. a gulf, bay, bight
    declension-4, masculine
11. the land lying on or a point of land that helps to form a gulf
    declension-4, masculine
12. a basin, hollow, valley
    declension-4, masculine
13. a fjord
    Medieval-Latin, declension-4, masculine
14. the chord of an arc; a sine
    Medieval-Latin, declension-4, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] ‘comitēs, accēdite’ dīxit”

‘Come, my companions,’ she said, ‘and carry back flowers with me, filling the folds of your garments.’

“Quī cum sedēns ad mēnsam nōn habēret ad manum, ubi oblātum sibi mūnus repōneret, mīsit hoc in sinum sibi.”

Having nowhere to put what had been brought him when sitting at the table, he shoved it into his bosom.

“Est in sēcessū longō locus: īnsula portum efficit obiectū laterum, quibus omnis ab altō”

After long sailing comes land: here an island, its sides jutting round, forms a haven, against which every wave [coming] from the deep sea shatters, and spreads itself into the hollows of the bay.

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