laniat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lanio, laniare, laniavi, laniatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tear, mangle, mutilate, pull to pieces;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nunc', ait 'o miserae, contundite pectora, matres, nunc laniate comas neue hunc differte dolorem et summis seruate malis..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...timor unus erat, facies non una timoris: Pars laniat crines, pars sine mente sedet; Altera maesta silet, frustra..."