illustribus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Illustris, Illustris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
Illustrious, title of highest officers of late empire; (above Spectabiles);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →illustris, illustre, illustrior -or -us, illustrissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bright, shining, brilliant; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
- M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...malitias nominare. [40] Ne tu, inquam, Cato, verbis illustribus et id, quod vis, declarantibus! itaque mihi videris Latine..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...effugiendorum gratia. [37] Sed de clarorum hominum factis illustribus et gloriosis satis hoc loco dictum sit. erit enim..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...optimus, omnes circa te similes tui effecisti. Multis illustribus dedecori fuit aut inconsultius uxor assumpta, aut retenta patientius..."
