gemant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →gemo, gemere, gemui, gemitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
moan, groan; lament (over); grieve that; give out a hollow sound (music, hit);
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...corpore tam cicatricoso. 3. Fleant itaque diutius et gemant, quorum delicatas mentes eneruauit longa felicitas, et ad leuissimarum..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...haec primordia belli cui peperi; sic aequa gemant mihi funera matres Ogygiae.' sternit crines iteratque precando: 'reddite..."