diffusus, diffusa -um, diffusior -or -us, diffusissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spread out; wide; extending/covering widely; extensive/expansive (writing);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusus | diffusi |
| Gen. | diffusi | diffusorum |
| Dat. | diffuso | — |
| Acc. | diffusum | diffusos |
| Voc. | diffuse | diffusi |
| Abl. | diffuso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusa | diffusae |
| Gen. | diffusae | diffusarum |
| Dat. | diffusae | — |
| Acc. | diffusam | diffusas |
| Voc. | diffusa | diffusae |
| Abl. | diffusa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusum | diffusa |
| Gen. | diffusi | diffusorum |
| Dat. | diffuso | — |
| Acc. | diffusum | diffusa |
| Voc. | diffusum | diffusa |
| Abl. | diffuso | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusius | diffusiora |
| Gen. | diffusioris | — |
| Acc. | diffusius | diffusiora |
| Voc. | diffusius | diffusiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusissimus | diffusissimi |
| Gen. | diffusissimi | diffusissimorum |
| Dat. | diffusissimo | — |
| Acc. | diffusissimum | diffusissimos |
| Voc. | diffusissime | diffusissimi |
| Abl. | diffusissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusissima | diffusissimae |
| Gen. | diffusissimae | diffusissimarum |
| Dat. | diffusissimae | — |
| Acc. | diffusissimam | diffusissimas |
| Voc. | diffusissima | diffusissimae |
| Abl. | diffusissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | diffusissimum | diffusissima |
| Gen. | diffusissimi | diffusissimorum |
| Dat. | diffusissimo | — |
| Acc. | diffusissimum | diffusissima |
| Voc. | diffusissimum | diffusissima |
| Abl. | diffusissimo | — |
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uitamet quantum natura petat. non erigit aegrosnobilis ignoto diffusus consule Bacchus,non auro murraque bibunt, sed gurgite puro..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...amittit uires, nisi robore densaeoccurrunt siluae, spatio diffusus inani,utque perit magnus nullis obstantibus ignis,sic hostes mihi..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...decimo iam uincitis anno, 300hoc cruor Arctois meruit diffusus in aruisuolneraque et mortes hiemesque sub Alpibus actae..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...corpore concreto circum datus undique saepsit et late diffusus in omnis undique partis omnia sic avido complexu cetera..." - L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...nunc uero magnas solitudines peruagatus et in paludes diffusus gentibus sparsus circa Philas primum ex uago et errante..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...permeat. Ab aethere lucidissimo aer in terram usque diffusus est, aggilior quidem tenuiorque et altior terris nec minus..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...spiritus per omnia maxima ac minima aequali intentione diffusus, siue fatum et inmutabilis causarum inter se cohaerentium series..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...provocare si prasinus proximis circensibus primam palmam". [LXXI] Diffusus hac contentione Trimalchio: "Amici, inquit, et servi homines sunt..."