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..."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..."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..."
