dehiscat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dehisco, dehiscere, dehivi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gape/yawn/split open; part/divide, develop/leave a gap/leak; be/become apart;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sine, frater, erit? o quae satis ima dehiscat terra mihi, Manisque deam demittat ad imos?' tantum effata caput..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...accipio? quid ago? aut quae iam satis ima dehiscat terra mihi? vos o potius miserescite, venti; in rupes..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...flammae. sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat vel pater omnipotens adigat me fulmine ad umbras, pallentis..."