magnanimi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →magnanimus, magnanima, magnanimum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brave, bold, noble in spirit (esp. kings/heroes); generous;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec ubi Telobois ordine iterarunt quos praefecerat Amphitruo, magnanimi viri freti virtute et viribus superbe nimis ferociter legatos..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...proauos, cecidit donati uictima regni. uidi ego magnanimi lacerantes pectora patris, nec credens Pharium tantum potuisse tyrannum litore..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...senectus praeteritique memor flebat metuensque futuri. at non magnanimi percussit pectora Bruti terror et in tanta pauidi formidine..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...refutat arcus et inceptus iam lancea temnit eriles magnanimis mos ductus avis haud segnia mortis iura pati, dextra..."Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Iovis, vera o Iovis' undique 'proles' ingeminant 'o magnanimis memoranda palaestris Taygeta et primi felix labor ille magistri..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vellet lustra sibi nullosque datos venatibus annos! talia magnanimi diverso turbine fundunt tela viri sonitusque pedum suspectaque motu..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...turre senex, cum rector ab aggere coepit: 'magnanimi reges, quibus haud parere recusem, ductor et ipse, meas miles..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nostro, scis ut te cunctis unam, quaecumque Latinae magnanimi Iovis ingratum ascendere cubile, praetulerim caelique libens in parte..."