argutator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →argutor, argutari, argutatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
chatter; prattle, babble; stamp (with feet) (L+S);
sg. fut. imp. 2ndsg. fut. imp. 3rd - Entry →arguto, argutare, argutavi, argutatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
babble, say childishly/foolishly;
sg. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd - Entry →argutator, argutatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
one who uses over-smart arguments, wiseguy; sophist;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Nequiquam hercle es, nam nihil auri fero. nimis argute obrepsisti in eapse occasiuncula: postquam ego me aurum ferre..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...Praetoris edictum scripsit, multa posuit pariter lepide atque argute reperta. Sicuti hoc est, quod in quarto ad edictum..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...fato trahuntur. Contra ea Chrysippus tenuiter multa et argute disserit; sed omnium fere, quae super ea re scripsit..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...longo perpetuoque aevo potiturum."10 Hoc sane Apollinaris argute. Sed aliud tamen est "longum aevum", aliud "perpetuum", neque..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...ingenii elegantia, operum varietate monstrabilis. Scripsit mimiambos tenuiter argute venuste, atque in hoc genere eloquentissime; nullum est enim..."
