adurat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aduro, adurere, adussi, adustus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
scorch, singe; burn; consume in fire;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...rapidiue potentia solis acrior aut Boreae penetrabile frigus adurat. multum adeo, rastris glaebas qui frangit inertis uimineasque trahit..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iungere, nymphe: sic tibi nec vernum nascentia frigus adurat poma, nec excutiant rapidi florentia venti!' Haec ubi nequiquam..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...demissior ibis, unda gravet pennas, si celsior, ignis adurat: inter utrumque vola. nec te spectare Booten aut Helicen..."