abruptam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abrumpo, abrumpere, abrupi, abruptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
break (bonds); break off; tear asunder; cut through, sever; remove, separate;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →abruptus, abrupta -um, abruptior -or -us, abruptissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precipitous, steep; hasty; rash; uncompromising, haughty, aloof; abrupt, sudden;; broken, disconnected, abrupt; stubborn;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples

Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...agunt Minyae, geminus fragor ardua canet per latera: abruptam credas radicibus ire Ortygiam aut fractum pelago decurrere montem..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...humillimus homo de vestra plebe, quam partem velut abruptam a cetero populo vestram patriam peculiaremque rem publicam fecistis..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aliquid in nostris consiliis liceatque inter abruptam contumaciam et deforme obsequium pergere iter ambitione ac periculis vacuum..."
