densus
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);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...talem sibi efligiem circumdabit, nisi cum aer erit densus atque immotus et ob hoc custodiens incidentem..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...horresco intuens: libata Bacchi dona permutat cruor ambitque densus regium fumus caput ipsosque circa spissior uultus sedet..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...esse sublimior) magis accedit oratorio generi, et sententiis densus, et in iis quae a sapientibus tradita sunt paene..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...summa uestigia ponat harena: qualis Hyperboreis Aquilo cum densus ab oris incubuit, Scythiaeque hiemes atque arida differt nubila..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adclivis per muta silentia trames, arduus, obscurus, caligine densus opaca, nec procul afuerunt telluris margine summae..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...securi, et specus in media virgis ac vimine densus efficiens humilem lapidum conpagibus arcum uberibus fecundus aquis..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...reos Carrinas Celer senator servo accusante, aut Iulius Densus equester Romanus, cui favor in Britannicum crimini dabatur. Claudio..."