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
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..."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..."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..."
