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
- A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...proprium genus tubae, qua canerent, a ceterorum tubicinum differens. III. Quam ob causam L. Accius poeta in pragmaticis..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."
