differente
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;
abl. 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;
abl. sg. (all) - Entry →differens, differentis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
difference/distinction; differentiating/distinguishing characteristic;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
[Proverbs]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...libentius audias quam loquaris. 10. Multos vitam differentes mors incerta praevenit: (itaque) omnis dies velut ultimus iudicandus..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...cessit imitatio, verbis atque numeris sunt non multum differentes, vim dicendi atque inventionis non adsecuntur, sed plerumque declinant..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Gelonem nec uestis habitu nec alio ullo insigni differentes a ceteris ciuibus uidissent, ei conspexere purpuram ac diadema..."
