marcentes
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. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.) - Entry →marceo, marcere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be enfeebled, weak or faint;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. 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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiscera flammaoraque sicca rigent squamosis aspera linguis; 325iam marcent uenae, nulloque umore rigatusaeris alternos angustat pulmo meatus,rescissoque..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rubente lardo. Mensae munera si uoles secundae, marcentes tibi porrigentur uuae et nomen pira quae ferunt Syrorum..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vero cessit voluptati, artes quoque eius actusque marcent et omnis ex languido fluidoque conatus est. Quoniam hac similitudine..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...trahant sucum, sic ista praecepta, si sola sunt, marcent; infigi volunt sectae. Praeterea non intellegunt hi qui decreta..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...semper magis placet quod reliquerunt, et illi qui marcent et oscitantur. Adice eos qui non aliter quam quibus..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...famuli, attollite, refouete gelido latice. iam recipit diem marcente uisu. Suscita sensus tuos: optatus ille portus aerumnis adest..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...enim his melius dici potest? Luxuriae ructu Martis marcent moenia. Tuo palato clausus pavo pascitur plumato amictus aureo..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...hora fere septima cunctatus an ad prandium surgeret marcente adhuc stomacho pridiani cibi onere, tandem suadentibus amicis egressus..."
