valens, valentis (gen.), valentior -or -us, valentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strong; vigorous/healthy/robust; powerful/potent/effective; severe; influential;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | valentia |
| Acc. | valens | valentia |
| Voc. | — | valentia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | valentius | valentiora |
| Gen. | valentioris | — |
| Acc. | valentius | valentiora |
| Voc. | valentius | valentiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | valentissimus | valentissimi |
| Gen. | valentissimi | valentissimorum |
| Dat. | valentissimo | — |
| Acc. | valentissimum | valentissimos |
| Voc. | valentissime | valentissimi |
| Abl. | valentissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | valentissima | valentissimae |
| Gen. | valentissimae | valentissimarum |
| Dat. | valentissimae | — |
| Acc. | valentissimam | valentissimas |
| Voc. | valentissima | valentissimae |
| Abl. | valentissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | valentissimum | valentissima |
| Gen. | valentissimi | valentissimorum |
| Dat. | valentissimo | — |
| Acc. | valentissimum | valentissima |
| Voc. | valentissimum | valentissima |
| Abl. | valentissimo | — |
Examples
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...minitarier? [nil moror discipulos mihi iam plenos sanguinis: valens afflictat me vacivom virium.] PIST. Fiam, ut ego opinor..." - C
Timotheus
Cornelius Nepos
"...coepti. Defecerat Samus, descierat Hellespontus, Philippus iam tum valens, Macedo, multa moliebatur; cui oppositus Chares cum esset..." - L
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...praetorius, Sex. Traulus, M. Helvius, Trogus, Cotta, Vettius Valens, Fabius equites R. quos Narcissus duci iusserat. Medius erat..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...retineret. Valebis, mea Agrippina, et dabis operam ut valens pervenias ad Germanicum tuum." Abunde parere arbitror non potuisse..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...melior motu fretusque iuventa, hic membris et mole valens; sed tarda trementi genua labant, vastos quatit aeger anhelitus..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...tenuis: quid ni? cui tam bona mater tamque valens vivat tamque venusta soror tamque bonus patruus tamque omnia..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...transit in aestatem post ver robustior annus fitque valens iuvenis: neque enim robustior aetas ulla nec uberior..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Megaronides? MEG. Et tu edepol salve, Callicles. CAL. Valen? valuistin? MEG. Valeo, et valui rectius. CAL. Quid..."