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
- M
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."