deflentes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defleo, deflere, deflevi, defletus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weep (abundantly) for; mourn loss of; express/feel sorrow about; lament/bewail;; cry bitterly; give oneself up to tears; weep much/violently/to exhaustion (L+S);
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quoque corpori publica humanitas quasi quasdam fecit exequias. deflent omnes homines, dolent; plurimorum tamen illa vox est: 'iuvenis..." 
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tantum ora uident alienaque iuxta pectora; pars currus deflent uiduisque loquuntur, hoc solum quia restat, equis; pars oscula..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...dulce sacrum. gaudent natorum fata parentes hortanturque mori, deflent iamque omnis ephebum turba, coronato contenta est funere mater..."- P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tantum sua tecta manere, dumque ea mirantur, dum deflent fata suorum, illa vetus dominis etiam casa parva duobus..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...coniugum et liberorum lamenta, qui dum adsident, dum deflent, saepe eodem rogo cremabantur. equitum senatorumque interitus quamvis promisci..."