diro
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);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →dirum, diri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Religion
fearful things; ill-boding events;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...satelles. 675degener atque operae miles Romane secundae,Pompei diro sacrum caput ense recidis,ut non ipse feras..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...superi, querimur; scelera ipsa nefasquehac mercede placent. diros Pharsalia camposinpleat et Poeni saturentur sanguine manes,ultima funesta concurrant..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uice regit Bootes, frigore Arctoo rigens: en ipse diro spiritu saeui ducis polluitur aether, gentibus clades nouas minantur..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pietas (eloqui fatum pudet), thalamos parentis Phoebus et diros toros gnato minatur impia incestos face. hic me paternis..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...funem religauit ora raptor externi rediturus auri, exitu diro temerata ponti iura piauit. Exigit poenas mare prouocatum: Tiphys..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...inter tumulos atque ossa carentia bustis umbrarum facies diro stridore minantur. Fax stellis comitata novis incendia ducit, sanguineoque..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ipsius aspectu pereant in velleris, ipsa terga mihi diros servent infecta cruores.' fatur et effusis pandi iubet aequora..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ueloci corrumpunt pocula leto stipite quae diro uirgas mentita Sabaeas toxica fatilegi carpunt matura Saitae. ecce, procul saeuos..."