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
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...totam faciam uti sit merulea, ita replebo atritate, atrior multo ut siet, quam Aegyptini, qui cortinam ludis..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...lassitudinemque minuam manuum mollitudine. "Rubidus" autem est rufus atrior et nigrore multo inustus, "luteus" contra rufus color..."
