distentus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distentus, distenta, distentum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
full, filled up; distended; occupied, busy;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →distineo, distinere, distinui, distentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
keep apart, separate; prevent, hold up; distract;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →distendo, distendere, distendi, distentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
stretch (apart); spread out; distend; extend; rack; detract, perplex;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...unaque decubuit. Nec temere umquam triclinio abscessit nisi distentus ac madens, et ut statim supino ac per somnum..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...scelerata vocatur: viscera praebebat Tityos lanianda novemque iugeribus distentus erat; tibi, Tantale, nullae deprenduntur aquae, quaeque inminet, effugit..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...regem facere non dubitant. Quibus rebus cognitis Iuba distentus triplici bello necessitateque coactus de suis copiis quas contra..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Firmanorum publicam causam; quod ego quamquam plurimis occupationibus distentus adnitar. Cupio enim et ornatissimam coloniam advocationis officio..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...contrahat, extendit humanitas? Non enim ante medium diem distentus solitaria coena spectator adnotatorque convivis tuis immines: nec ieiunis..."
