defletae
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);
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...acerbae tamque iniustae necis miranda mortis iteratione defleta est. XXI. Ceterum quis tam obtunso ingeniost, quin intellegat: bask..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...illam Sarmatici miserantur litora ponti, illa Thoanteae transit defleta Dianae, nulla palus, nullus Scythiae non maeret euntem amnis..."Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...summis Vulcania surgit Lemnos aquis, tibi per varios defleta labores, Ignipotens, nec te furiis et crimine matrum terra..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...frigentis et unguunt. fit gemitus. tum membra toro defleta reponunt purpureasque super vestis, velamina nota, coniciunt. pars ingenti..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...undis, Coniugis Atrides victima dira fuit. Cui non defleta est Ephyraeae flamma Creusae, Et nece natorum sanguinolenta parens..."