divelleritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →divello, divellere, divelli, divulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
alienate/estrange; compel (persons) to part company, force away; separate from;; tear away/open/apart, tear to pieces/in two; break up, sunder/disrupt; divide;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pontum per vada possent transire et magnos manibus divellere montis multaque vivendo vitalia vincere saecla, si non, materies..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...totidem exuit armis: non ego nunc dulci amplexu divellerer usquam, nate, tuo, neque finitimo Mezentius umquam huic capiti..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...subiisse umeris confectum aetate parentem! non potui abreptum divellere corpus et undis spargere? non socios, non ipsum absumere..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fulgentem ramum silva Iunonis Avernae monstravit iussitque suo divellere trunco. paruit Aeneas et formidabilis Orci vidit opes atavosque..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...gravi nova pabula morbo, ipse suos artus lacerans divellere morsu coepit et infelix minuendo corpus alebat.— 'Quid moror..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...fecerat horrendas adspectu. scalpere terram unguibus et pullam divellere mordicus agnam coeperunt; cruor in fossam confusus, ut inde..."