caligent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caligo, caligare, caligavi, caligatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be dark/gloomy/misty/cloudy; have bad vision; cloud; be blinded; be/make dizzy;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...peruidendum quid sit quod beatam uitam efficiat caligant; adeoque non est facile consequi beatam uitam ut eo quisque..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...torrentius, et fractae malorum contentione mentes ad inexpectata caligant. non querelas post hoc invenio, non verba, non lacrimas..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...plangitque tamen; saepe horridus amnis obstat, et obducto caligant sanguine uisus. illa tamen praeceps in tela offendit..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...labat incerto mihi limite cursuste sine, et orbatae caligant vela carinae.nec solum larga memet pietate fovebas:talis..."