dehiscentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...coruscae ante ratem cecidere faces antemnaque laevo prona dehiscentem cornu cum sustulit undam. non hiemem missosque putant consurgere..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...parti usum equitis fore ratus quae prior in dehiscentem interuallis hostium aciem equites emisisset, Ser. Cornelio tribuno militum..."