abrupti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abruptum, abrupti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
steep ascent/decent; rough dangerous ways (pl.);
gen. sg.loc. sg. - 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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. 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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...imbris fulmina cernis, nunc hinc nunc illinc abrupti nubibus ignes concursant; cadit in terras vis flammea volgo. Illud..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...spatia suspensis hinc et inde montibus laxa; sunt abrupti in infinitum hiatus, qui saepe illapsas urbes receperunt..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...hostile nomen cives et ex eodem corpore abrupti transierint; interim, hoc quod dicebam, clementia efficit, ut magnum inter..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...meae telum necis saxum est nec instar montis abrupti lapis aut totus Othrys, non truci rictu gigas Pindo..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Insidiaeque, et lurida Mortis imago. Quas inter Furor, abruptis ceu liber habenis, sanguineum late tollit caput, oraque mille..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...noctiumque momentis sagax scrutator insiste. quid tibi cum abruptis, quid cum supremis? incestum iam credas oportet, ut torqueas..." - M
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...meas catenas in membra festinantis exuerem, ut tam abrupti commeatus diem contra tot incerta promitterem? testor te, misera..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...deum, nimione pauorecrediderint) multis concurrere uisus OlympoPindus et abruptis mergi conuallibus Haemus,edere nocturnas belli Pharsalia uoces, 175ire..."
