The corpus record — Latin

angelus

angelus · m

A messenger

Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

De Carne Christi 51 · 53.66/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 15 · 26.91/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 13 · 25.38/10k
De Oratione 10 · 22.28/10k
De Baptismo 8 · 18.73/10k
De Spectaculis 10 · 15.71/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 10 · 15.7/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 14 · 12.48/10k
De Corona 6 · 12.34/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 7 · 11.84/10k
De Fide Catholica 2 · 10.37/10k
Adversus Praxean 15 · 10.15/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

angĕlus — Lewis & Short

angĕlus, i, m., = a)/ggelos.

I A messenger, Sen. Ep. 20 med. dub.; Vulg. Matt. 11, 10.—

II An angel.

A In bon. part. very freq. in the Vulg., the Church fathers, Aug., Tertull., Jerome, etc.—

B In mal. part.: Diabolus et angeli ejus, Vulg. Matt. 25, 41: angelus Satanae, ib. 2 Cor. 12, 7 al.

In the wild

angelis Tertullian, De Virginibus Velandis 7
angeli Tertullian, De Spectaculis 4.1
angelum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.9
Angelos Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 5
angelorum Tertullian, Adversus Praxean 3
angelorum Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 42.3

6 of 383 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. angelus (scan p. 56; entry #575).

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