doctissima
Dictionary entries
- Entry →doctus, docta -um, doctior -or -us, doctissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
learned, wise; skilled, experienced, expert; trained; clever, cunning, shrewd;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...herba rudis. Sit mihi uerna satur, sit non doctissima coniunx, sit nox cum somno, sit sine lite dies..."- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...agnoscunt longe regem lustrantque choreis; quarum quae fandi doctissima Cymodocea pone sequens dextra puppim tenet ipsaque dorso eminet..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...reddit. Scribit enim et quidem utraque lingua lyrica doctissima; mira illis dulcedo, mira suavitas, mira hilaritas, cuius gratiam..."
