laniet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lanio, laniare, laniavi, laniatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tear, mangle, mutilate, pull to pieces;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Accedant lacrimae, dolor et de paelice fictus, Et laniet digitis illius ora suis: Iamdudum persuasus erit; miserebitur ultro..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...miserae voxque colorque fugit. Ille ego sim, cuius laniet furiosa capillos: Ille ego sim, teneras cui petat ungue..."