legens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lego, legere, legi, lectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
read; gather, collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...soli intentus genero; cuius uestigia frustra terris sparsa legens fama duce tendit in undas, Threiciasque legit fauces..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vestri rebar sic tempora cursus proxima quaeque legens, quantum Vulcania Lemnos traxerit, infelix tulerit quae Cyzicus arma. sensi..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iuvenis gressus et inania signa ore premit sparsisque legens vestigia canis 'te quoque iam maesti forsan genitoris imago..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...flammae Ausonium Siculumque latus, uestigia nigri raptoris uastosque legens in puluere sulcos; illius insanis ululatibus ipse remugit Enceladus..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...respiciens tamen et reuocent si forte paratus. inde legens turbata trucis uestigia diuae huc illuc frustra ruit auius..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...campum operit nigroque uiros inuitat hiatu, nil uulgare legens, sed quae dignissima uita funera, praecipuos annis animisque, cruento..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...acuto spumantes scopulos erectae incurrere prorae: talis opaca legens nemorum Cadmeius heros accelerat, uasto metuenda umbone ferarum excutiens..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...130enormes non ille sinus, sed semper ad annostexta legens modo puniceo velabat amictu,nunc herbas imitante sinu, nunc..."