arido
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aridus, arida -um, aridior -or -us, aridissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dry, arid, parched; water/rain-less; used dry, dried; thirsty; poor; shriveled;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →aridum, aridi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dry land; dry place; dry surface; dryness;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...educam foras. tu, senex, si istas amas, huc arido argentost opus; si autem Veneri complacuerunt, habeat, si argentum..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...demum lepidumst, triparcos homines, vetulos, avidos, aridos bene admordere, qui salinum servo obsignant cum sale. virtus, ubi occasio..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ophitae: ritus si placeant tibi Laconum, contentus potes arido uapore cruda Virgine Marciaue mergi; quae tam candida..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tibi pedem turgidum, lividam manum, aut contracti cruris aridos nervos, permitteres mihi uno loco iacere et fovere morbum..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...viderunt aut eas non conlocaverunt, neque quos aridos vocamus stulti aut in causis caeci fuerunt, sed his iudicium..."Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...hostibus erat pugnandum, cum illi aut ex arido aut paulum in aquam progressi omnibus membris expeditis, notissimis locis..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pars semisomnos hostes caedunt, pars ignes casis stramento arido tectis iniciunt, pars portas occupant ut fugam intercludant. hostes..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...amoenitate perfrui, se militando fessos in pestilenti atque arido circa urbem solo luctari aut in urbe insidentem labem..."
