arentis
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. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all) - 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);
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...altum gurgitem Tigris premens, Danuuius illas, has per arentis plagas tepidis Hydaspes gemmifer currens aquis, nomenque terris..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ille dies aegros Amyci sudoribus artus primus et arenti cunctantem vidit hiatu nec sua defessum noscunt loca..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adicit. accipimus sacra data pocula dextra. quae simul arenti sitientes hausimus ore, et tetigit summos virga dea dira..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...contigit et glaebam: contactu glaeba potenti massa fit; arentis Cereris decerpsit aristas: aurea messis erat; demptum tenet arbore..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sine nomine rebus propositum instruxit mortali barbara maius, arenti ramo iampridem mitis olivae omnia confudit summisque inmiscuit..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...dumtaxat et vere; aestate summittitur immensique fluminis nomen arenti alveo deserit, autumno resumit. Magnam capies voluptatem, si hunc..."
