depressius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →depressus, depressa -um, depressior -or -us, depressissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
low/low-lying, deep down; at/having low elevation; low-pitched/subdued (sound);; reaching/sloping down; base/mean, pedestrian, lacking moral/style; depressed;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →depresse, depressius, depressissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
deeply; deep/way down;
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...altius turres sustulerint, quo latius uicos porrexerint, quo depressius aestiuos specus foderint, quo maiori mole fastigia cenationum subduxerint..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...adiacent abrupta. Tutius per plana sed humilius et depressius iter; frequentior currentibus quam reptantibus lapsus..."
