aggesti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aggestus, aggesti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
mound, dike, elevation formed like a dike/mound;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →aggestum, aggesti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
mound, dike, elevation formed like a dike/mound;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →aggero, aggerere, aggessi, aggestus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
heap/cover up over, pile/build up, erect; accumulate; intensify, exaggerate;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →aggestus, aggestus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
piling up; act of bringing; earthen bank, terrace; sprinkling earth over body;
gen. sg.
Examples
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...mortifera ueniat: carmine audito stupet tumidumque nodis corpus aggestis plicat cogitque in orbes. 'Parua sunt' inquit 'mala..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...alumnum (sic Parcae uoluere) locat ponique negantis floribus aggestis et amico murmure dulces solatur lacrimas: qualis Berecyntia mater..."
