differens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →differo, differre, distuli, dilatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
postpone/delay/differ; put off, keep waiting; give respite to; differ, disagree;; spread abroad; scatter/disperse; separate; defame; confound/bewilder, distract;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →differens, differentis (gen.), differentior -or -us, differentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
different; superior; excellent;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →differens, differentis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
difference/distinction; differentiating/distinguishing characteristic;
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...proprium genus tubae, qua canerent, a ceterorum tubicinum differens. III. Quam ob causam L. Accius poeta in pragmaticis..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...gestandus umeris lubricus nostris uenit aut membra celeri differens cursu rota, aut poena Tityi qui specu uasto patens..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...maxime utar exemplo), genus est animal, species mortale, differens inrationale (nam et homo mortale erat), proprium hinniens. Haec..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...infinita, inest coniectura consequentium non multum a divinatione differens, inest moderator cupiditatis pudor, inest ad humanam societatem iustitiae..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...misceres, nihil a ceteris, nisi robore ac praestantia differens; quum libero Marte nunc cominus tela vibrares, nunc vibrata..."
