dire
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dirus, dira -um, dirior -or -us, dirissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
awful/dire/dreadful (omen); ominous/frightful/terrible/horrible; skillful (L+S);
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...peterem; nouus unde furor? uictumne putasti Thesea, dire Creon? adsum, nec sanguine fessum crede; sitit meritos etiamnum haec..."Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Antigone deuota malis suspectaque regi, et tantum tua, dire, soror. saltem ora trucesque solue genas; liceat uultus fortasse..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cadentes calcauere oculos. iam iam rata uota tulisti, dire senex. meruere tuae, meruere tenebrae ultorem sperare Iouem. noua..."