divitior
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dives, divitis (gen.), divitior -or -us, divitissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rich/wealthy; costly; fertile/productive (land); talented, well endowed;
nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...avidum esse hominem nam hinc numquam eris nummo divitior; neque te mei tergi misereret, si hoc non hodie..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...spondere recursus: ecce venit magno dives Philomela paratu, divitior forma; quales audire solemus naidas et dryadas mediis incedere..."