avolso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →avello, avellere, avelli, avolsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tear/pluck/wrench away/out/off; separate by force, part; take away, wrest;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quaerere proporro, sibi cumque senescere credas,] non ruere avolsos silices a montibus altis nec validas aevi vires perferre..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...ficis pastum iecur anseris albae et leporum avolsos, ut multo suavius, armos, quam si cum lumbis quis edit..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...siquos delectet copia iusto, cum ripa simul avolsos ferat Aufidus acer. at qui tantuli eget quanto est opus..."