discretus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →discretus, discreta, discretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
separate, situated/put apart; distinguished/differentiated; discreet/wise (Bee);
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →discerno, discernere, discrevi, discretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
see, discern; distinguish, separate;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uirorum colla mouet: rapit ingenti conamine saxum, quo discretus ager, uacuasque impellit in auras arduus Hippomedon, quo turbine..."- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus ceperit et septem discretus in ostia Nilus. huc quoque terrigenam venisse Typhoea narrat..." - T
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...magis quod propior Italiae ac mari tantum Ionio discretus erat. Is ubi primum fama accepit Hannibalem Alpes transgressum..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...desuper librabantur; mox vallum portasque legionibus attribuit, ut discretus labor fortis ignavosque distingueret atque ipsa contentione decoris accenderentur..."