dehiscite
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
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..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...statione rebellant. En etiam mea regna petunt. Perfossa dehiscit molibus insanis tellus, iam montibus haustis antra gemunt..."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..."