dehiscit
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...altum prouecta ratis, quae resoluto robore labens pressa dehiscit sorbetque mare. Tollitur ingens clamor ad astra cum femineo..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...furens triceps catenas Cerberus mouit graues. Subito dehiscit terra et immenso sinu laxata patuit—ipse pallentes deos uidi..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...statione rebellant. En etiam mea regna petunt. Perfossa dehiscit molibus insanis tellus, iam montibus haustis antra gemunt..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...spumant freta versa lacertis. infindunt pariter sulcos, totumque dehiscit convulsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor. non tam praecipites biiugo..."