densum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →densus, densa -um, densior -or -us, densissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
thick/dense/solid; (cloud/shadow); crowded/thick_planted/packed/covered (with);; frequent, recurring; terse/concise (style); harsh/horse/thick (sound/voice);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...repente caelo: albis spectat Horatius lacernis. Aspice quam densum tacitarum uellus aquarum defluat in uoltus Caesaris inque sinus..."- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omne in feras verterant. Illi quos aliquod nemus densum a sole protexerat, qui adversus saevitiam hiemis aut imbris..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Hybla tot medio creat, cum examen arto nectitur densum globo, fluctusque non tot frangit Ionium mare, nec tanta..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...detorquentque; ferunt sua flamina classem. princeps ante omnis densum Palinurus agebat agmen; ad hunc alii cursum contendere iussi..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inde retro redeunt, idemque retexitur ordo. ignis enim densum spissatus in aera transit, hic in aquas, tellus glomerata..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...apri praeterque oculos transcurrere regis iussit et in densum trabibus nemus ire videri, plurima qua silva..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...timuit spoliare suis et primus ab aede lampadibus densum rapuit funale coruscis elatumque alte, veluti qui candida tauri..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...iste meas.' Hactenus, et movit pictis innixa cothurnis densum caesarie terque quaterque caput. altera, si memini, limis subrisit..."