audentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →audeo, audere, ausus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
intend, be prepared; dare/have courage (to go/do), act boldly, venture, risk;
acc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →audens, audentis (gen.), audentior -or -us, audentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
daring, bold, courageous; characterized by boldness/license of expression;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...inter citharoedos contendere nec quamvis flagitantibus cunctis promittere audentem ideoque egressum theatro revocaverat, quasi perseverantis populi legatione suspecta..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Erebi, non diva poli, terrasque fatigat quas datur. audentem primi spernuntque foventque mox omnes agit et motis quatit..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...securim institerat digitis pronos suspensus in ictus: occupat audentem, quaque est via proxima leto, summa ferus geminos derexit..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...tempus adest; fuge rustice longe Hinc pudor; audentem Forsque Venusque iuvat. Non tua sub nostras veniat facundia leges..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cedere sed ne equitem quidem sustinere, peditis praesidio audentem. iam signa quoque legionum adpropinquabant. tum uero Masaesulii..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sapiens hostis metuat quam stulti ciues laudent. Omnia audentem contemnet Hannibal, nihil temere agentem metuet..."
