arentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arens, (gen.), arentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dry parched, waterless; dried (herbs); parching (thirst);
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →areo, arere, arui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be dry/parched; be thirsty; be withered (plants/animals, from lack of water);
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fessa iacet ceruix, fumant sudoribus artusoraque proiecta squalent arentia lingua, 755pectora rauca gemunt, quae creber anhelitus urguet..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...prouisis commeatibus, non exploratis itineribus, per inuia, per arentia trahebat omnem bello utilem turbam. Cui intra primum iter..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...cadens raucum per leuia murmur saxa ciet, scatebrisque arentia temperat arua. quid qui, ne grauidis procumbat culmus aristis..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ductus anhelitus; igni aspera lingua tumet, tepidisque arentia ventis ora patent, auraeque graves captantur hiatu. non stratum..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aquis occirrit quam Pomptinae paludes: cetera abrupta aut arentia, ac si perrumpi possent, intolerandus labor nec satis causae..."