deflentis
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);
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...amoribus anxio et morosae uxoris cotidiana repudia deflenti somnus per symphoniarum cantum ex longinquo lene resonantium quaeritur? Mero..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...XXVI. Non enim audire iudex videtur aliena mala deflentis, sed sensum ac vocem auribus accipere miserorum, quorum etiam..."