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..."- T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...humillimus homo de vestra plebe, quam partem velut abruptam a cetero populo vestram patriam peculiaremque rem publicam fecistis..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aliquid in nostris consiliis liceatque inter abruptam contumaciam et deforme obsequium pergere iter ambitione ac periculis vacuum..."
