atrior
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ater, atra -atrum, atrior -or -us, aterrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
black, dark; dark-colored (hair/skin); gloomy/murky; unlucky; sordid/squalid;; deadly, terrible, grisly (esp. connected with underworld); poisonous; spiteful;
nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...totam faciam uti sit merulea, ita replebo atritate, atrior multo ut siet, quam Aegyptini, qui cortinam ludis..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...lassitudinemque minuam manuum mollitudine. "Rubidus" autem est rufus atrior et nigrore multo inustus, "luteus" contra rufus color..."
