marcentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →marcens, (gen.), marcentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withered/dropping; exhausted/weak/feeble; heavy (eyes); apathetic/languid/jaded;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - Entry →marceo, marcere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be enfeebled, weak or faint;
acc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →marco, marcere, marcui, marcitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be withered/flabby, droop/shrivel; flag/faint; be weak/enfeebled/idle/apathetic;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Epistula tua delectavit me et marcentem excitavit; memoriam quoque meam, quae iam mihi segnis..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...quatenus ima petit volvens aliena vitellus. tostis marcentem squillis recreabis et Afra potorem coclea; nam lactuca innatat acri..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...dimiserat. atque illum in nemore Aricino desidem et marcentem proditio Lucilii Bassi ac defectio classis Ravennatis perculit..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...fama. In latere Chaucorum Chattorumque Cherusci nimiam ac marcentem diu pacem inlacessiti nutrierunt: idque iucundius quam tutius fuit..."
