adeso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adesus, adesa, adesum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
eaten, gnawed; worn away by water, eroded; [adesi lapides => smooth/polished];
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →adedo, adedere, adedi, adesus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat up, eat into/away at, nibble, squander; wear down, exhaust; erode;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sepeliri viscera busto. at quos effugium servarat corpore adeso, posterius tremulas super ulcera tetra tenentes palmas horriferis accibant..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tristesque pruinas durat alitque cruor cum viscere vultur adeso tollitur e scopulis et rostro inrorat aperto. idem..."
