arguti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arguo, arguere, argui, argutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prove, argue, allege; disclose; accuse, complain of, charge, blame, convict;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →argutus, arguta -um, argutior -or -us, argutissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
melodious, clear (sounds), ringing; eloquent; wise, witty, cunning; talkative;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...praestringit domi. strenui nimio plus prosunt populo quam arguti et cati: facile sibi facunditatem virtus argutam invenit, sine..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...laxo cur anulus orbe vagatur? Cedat ut argutis obvia turba trochis. CLXX Signum Victoriae aureum. Haec illi sine..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Properti; ingenium Galli pulchra Lycoris erat; fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibulli; Lesbia dictauit, docte Catulle, tibi..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ille, quem requiris, toto notus in orbe Martialis argutis epigrammaton libellis: cui, lector studiose, quod dedisti uiuenti decus..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...producere flammas, spargere rubicunda dies; iam tristis hirundo argutis reditura cibos inmittere nidis incipit et molli partitos..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...rustica longo turba triumpho. En, diua, faue! signum arguti misere canes: uocor in siluas. hac, hac pergam..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tenet palmam; palma petenda mea est.' Risit, et argutis quiddam promisit ocellis. 'Hoc satis est, alio cetera redde..."
