laniator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lanio, laniare, laniavi, laniatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tear, mangle, mutilate, pull to pieces;
sg. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
- M
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..." - P
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..."