abruptis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abruptum, abrupti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
steep ascent/decent; rough dangerous ways (pl.);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Insidiaeque, et lurida Mortis imago. Quas inter Furor, abruptis ceu liber habenis, sanguineum late tollit caput, oraque mille..."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..."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..."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..."
