gentiles
Dictionary entries
- Entry →gentilis, gentilis, gentile:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
gentile; non-Jew (to Jew); heathen/pagan (to Christian), not of one's faith;; of same gens (Roman); of the same house or family/tribe or race; native;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.) - Entry →gentil, gentilis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
member of the same Roman gens; fellow countryman;; gentiles (pl.); non-Jews (to Jew); heathens (to Christian), not of one's faith;; pagan;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sacra iuuenilis colunt; sed accientur. Poculum infuso cape gentile Baccho. THYESTES: Capio fraternae dapis donum. Paternis uina libentur..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ferebant signa Phoebeae facis oculi nihil gentile nec patrium micant. lacrimae cadunt per ora et assiduo genae rore..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...amissos, quamquam uagus exul, honores, non gentile solum, carae non pectora matris, te cupiit unam noctesque diesque locutus..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...gelida subter iuga fida rotasque Calpetus Aonios gramen gentile metentes proflatu terrebat equos: madida ora redundant accensusque mero..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...turmas Asopius Hypseus Oebalias (namque hae magnum et gentile tumentes Euboicum duris rumpunt umbonibus agmen) reppulit erepto cunei..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Hypsipyles, subiere iugo, quo uectus uterque, nomen auo gentile Thoas atque omine dictus Euneos Argoo. geminis eadem omnia..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...plangit. Thessalis haud aliter bello gauisa recenti, cui gentile nefas hominem renouare canendo, multifida attollens antiqua lumina cedro..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...animosa creavit.si tu stirpe vacans famaeque obscura iaceresnil gentile tenens, illo te cive probabas 110Graiam atque Euboico maiorum..."
