ardua
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arduus, ardua -um, arduior -or -us, arduissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
steep, high, lofty, towering, tall; erect, rearing; uphill; arduous, difficult;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →arduum, ardui:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
steep/high place, heights, elevation; arduous/difficult/hard task; challenge;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ueterum nec moles structa tueturhumanusque labor facilis, licet ardua tollat, 20cedere uel bellis uel cuncta mouentibus annis..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uictum latus unda repellenserigit, atque omni surgit ratis ardua uento.non humilem Sasona uadis [non litora curuae 650Thessaliae saxosa..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...geminae iuga saxea rupesualle caua media; tellus hinc ardua celsoscontinuat colles, tutae quos inter opacoanfractu latuere uiae; quibus..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...auellitur uncus harenis; dum iuga curuantur mali dumque ardua pinus 695erigitur, pauidi classis siluere magistri, strictaque pendentes deducunt..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cauo tentoria fixa Lemannocastraque quae Vosegi curuam super ardua ripampugnaces pictis cohibebant Lingonas armis.hi uada liquerunt Isarae..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...loco atque in tempore prospiciens debet esse, erecta, ardua, saepta solide, expedita, numquam conivens, nusquam aciem suam flectens..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...satis agentibus. V. Dux interea Gallorum vasta et ardua proceritate armisque auro praefulgentibus grandia ingrediens et manu telum..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pondera uergant. 280aetas Niliaci nobis suspecta tyranni est,ardua quippe fides robustos exigit annos.hinc anceps dubii terret sollertia..."
