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distinctus

Dictionary entries

  • distinctus, distincta, distinctum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = separate, distinct; definite, lucid;

    Entry →
    nom. sg. (m.)
  • distinguo, distinguere, distinxi, distinctus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = distinguish, separate, divide, part; adorn, decorate;

    Entry →
    nom. sg. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • D

    Satura VI

    Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

    "...Ox20 semper habenda fides: oculos fuligine pascit Ox21 distinctus croceis et reticulatus adulter. Ox22 suspectus tibi sit, quanto..."
  • M

    Liber XII

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...XXXIX. An non in privatis et acutus et distinctus et non super modum elatus M. tullius..."
  • P

    Metamorphoses III

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

    "...velox cum fratre Lycisce et nigram medio frontem distinctus ab albo Harpalos et Melaneus hirsutaque corpore Lachne..."
  • G

    Liber V

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...more veterum. Ante porticum xystus in plurimas species distinctus concisusque buxo; demissus inde pronusque pulvinus, cui bestiarum effigies..."

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