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
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..."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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...dimiserat. atque illum in nemore Aricino desidem et marcentem proditio Lucilii Bassi ac defectio classis Ravennatis perculit..."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..."
