hians
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hio, hiare, hiavi, hiatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be wide open, gape; be greedy for; be open-mouthed (with astonishment, etc);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...enim frequentissime aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio si ad necessitatem ordinis sui verba redigantur..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cupit contra summique e margine nidi extat hians, iam iamque cadat, ni pectore toto obstet aperta parens..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tantum incumbens animaeque fugam per membra tepentem quaerit hians. non ora loco, non pectora restant, rapta cutis, tenuia..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...grauatae consedere iubae, mediis in caedibus astat aeger, hians, uictusque cibis; nec iam amplius irae crudescunt: tantum uacuis..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...minatur,sic piger ille gradu solitoque exutus honorefirmat hians oculos animamque hostemque requirit.magna tamen subiti tecum solacia leti..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mille fugit refugitque vias, at vividus Umber haeret hians, iam iamque tenet similisque tenenti increpuit malis morsuque elusus..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...conspexit capream aut surgentem in cornua cervum, gaudet hians immane comasque arrexit et haeret visceribus super incumbens; lavit..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...horum temporum adgnoscimus. Sordes autem illae verborum et hians compositio et inconditi sensus redolent antiquitatem; nec quemquam adeo..."