amittens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amitto, amittere, amisi, amissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lose; lose by death; send away, dismiss; part with; let go/slip/fall, drop;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...igniscat tamen in spatio longoque meatu, dum venit amittens in cursu corpora quaedam grandia, quae nequeunt pariter penetrare..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...privata cibo natura animantum diffluit amittens corpus, sic omnia debent dissolui simul ac defecit suppeditare materies aliqua ratione..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...abstulit, sibi ipsi negat ; nec luxuria pecuniam turpiter amittens, quam turpius reparet ; nec ambitio, quae te ad dignitatem..."