diffusi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diffundo, diffundere, diffundi, diffusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
diffuse; spread/pour out/widely; bottle/draw off; squander, distribute lavishly;; expand/enlarge; spread/extend over area/time; relax/cheer up/free of restraint;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →diffusus, diffusa -um, diffusior -or -us, diffusissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spread out; wide; extending/covering widely; extensive/expansive (writing);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uiuis, nulla cum ratione facis. Sunt tibi, confiteor, diffusi iugera campi, urbanique tenent praedia multa lares, et seruit..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...fluminum et ex uno fonte in occidentem orientemque diffusi amnes et summis cacuminibus nemora nutantia et tantum siluarum..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...poetam laudasti". Itaque ex turpissima lite in risum diffusi pacatius ad reliqua secessimus. <. . .> Rursus in memoriam revocatus iniuriae..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...alia causa erroris tanti tam longe lateque diffusi, nisi quod is, qui voluptatem summum bonum esse decernit..."
