haesuras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →haereo, haerere, haesi, haesus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
stick, adhere, cling to; hesitate; be in difficulties (sticky situation?);
acc. pl. fut. act. part.
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ingeruntur mortalitatis exempla non diutius quam dum miramur haesura. Quid autem stultius quam mirari id ullo die factum..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...viribus usa non foret, in tergo visa est haesura petito: longius it; auctor teli Pagasaeus Iason. 'Phoebe..."