gementia
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);
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...trepidantes personat aures, Et Libyae cerno tua, Nile, gementia claustra, Actiacosque sinus et Apollinis arma timentes. Pande..."VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...matri reliquit. Navigat ergo per horridos fluctus et gementia litora et spumantes scopulos et quacumque miser relatus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...liquidum nunc aera lambit ore supinato, nunc arua gementia radens pronus adhaeret humo, si quid uiridantia sudent gramina..."