distentum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distentus, distenta, distentum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
full, filled up; distended; occupied, busy;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →distineo, distinere, distinui, distentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
keep apart, separate; prevent, hold up; distract;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →distendo, distendere, distendi, distentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stretch (apart); spread out; distend; extend; rack; detract, perplex;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ille plus quam capit, et ingenti aviditate onerat distentum ventrem ac desuetum iam ventris officio, ut maiore opera..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dabis." Exinde duabus admotis quadrigis, in currus earum distentum inligat Mettium; deinde in diversum iter equi concitati, lacerum..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...instantem damnationem frustrati, mox Neronem circa summa scelera distentum quasi minores evasere. Tunc consulto senatus Cassio et Silano..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...actitasse, decessisse anno sexto et quinquagensimo, medium tempus distentum impeditumque qua officiis maximis qua amicitia principum egisse..."
