cedens, (gen.), cedentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
unresisting/deferring/conceding/surrendering/withdrawing; yielding to touch;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | cedentia |
| Acc. | cedens | cedentia |
| Voc. | — | cedentia |
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nostra nec me tacebit Bilbilis. Casta nec antiquis cedens Laeuina Sabinis et quamuis tetrico tristior ipsa uiro..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quia illo se calor contulit superiora possidenti frigori cedens; qui, cum in inferiora peruenit et eo se quantum..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...dura placide ferat et secunda moderate, nec illis cedens nec his fretus unus idemque inter diuersa..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...conantemque preces inclusaque pectore verba. ultima tum patriae cedens dedit oscula ripae; flevit Amymone, flerunt Messeides undae, flevit..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...auratis aperit cum cornibus annum Taurus et auerso cedens Canis occidit astro. at si triticeam in messem robustaque..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ducens, altum quiddam et excelsum, nihil timens, nemini cedens, semper invictum. [47] atque his tribus generibus honestorum notatis..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Numidis et obsidia aspernantibus spargit bellum, ubi instaretur cedens ac rursum in terga remeans. et dum ea ratio..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...tenera et umbrosa, nudisque etiam pedibus mollis et cedens. Hortum morus et ficus frequens vestit, quarum arborum illa..."