densus, densa -um, densior -or -us, densissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
thick/dense/solid; (cloud/shadow); crowded/thick_planted/packed/covered (with);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densus | densi |
| Gen. | densi | densorum |
| Dat. | denso | — |
| Acc. | densum | densos |
| Voc. | dense | densi |
| Abl. | denso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densa | densae |
| Gen. | densae | densarum |
| Dat. | densae | — |
| Acc. | densam | densas |
| Voc. | densa | densae |
| Abl. | densa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densum | densa |
| Gen. | densi | densorum |
| Dat. | denso | — |
| Acc. | densum | densa |
| Voc. | densum | densa |
| Abl. | denso | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densius | densiora |
| Gen. | densioris | — |
| Acc. | densius | densiora |
| Voc. | densius | densiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densissimus | densissimi |
| Gen. | densissimi | densissimorum |
| Dat. | densissimo | — |
| Acc. | densissimum | densissimos |
| Voc. | densissime | densissimi |
| Abl. | densissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densissima | densissimae |
| Gen. | densissimae | densissimarum |
| Dat. | densissimae | — |
| Acc. | densissimam | densissimas |
| Voc. | densissima | densissimae |
| Abl. | densissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | densissimum | densissima |
| Gen. | densissimi | densissimorum |
| Dat. | densissimo | — |
| Acc. | densissimum | densissima |
| Voc. | densissimum | densissima |
| Abl. | densissimo | — |
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...talem sibi efligiem circumdabit, nisi cum aer erit densus atque immotus et ob hoc custodiens incidentem..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...horresco intuens: libata Bacchi dona permutat cruor ambitque densus regium fumus caput ipsosque circa spissior uultus sedet..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...esse sublimior) magis accedit oratorio generi, et sententiis densus, et in iis quae a sapientibus tradita sunt paene..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...summa uestigia ponat harena: qualis Hyperboreis Aquilo cum densus ab oris incubuit, Scythiaeque hiemes atque arida differt nubila..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adclivis per muta silentia trames, arduus, obscurus, caligine densus opaca, nec procul afuerunt telluris margine summae..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...securi, et specus in media virgis ac vimine densus efficiens humilem lapidum conpagibus arcum uberibus fecundus aquis..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...reos Carrinas Celer senator servo accusante, aut Iulius Densus equester Romanus, cui favor in Britannicum crimini dabatur. Claudio..."