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
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Nequiquam hercle es, nam nihil auri fero. nimis argute obrepsisti in eapse occasiuncula: postquam ego me aurum ferre..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...Praetoris edictum scripsit, multa posuit pariter lepide atque argute reperta. Sicuti hoc est, quod in quarto ad edictum..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...fato trahuntur. Contra ea Chrysippus tenuiter multa et argute disserit; sed omnium fere, quae super ea re scripsit..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...longo perpetuoque aevo potiturum."10 Hoc sane Apollinaris argute. Sed aliud tamen est "longum aevum", aliud "perpetuum", neque..."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..."
