marcenti
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;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all) - Entry →marceo, marcere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
be enfeebled, weak or faint;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. 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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...iactauit; quibusdam nihil quo cursum derigant placet, sed marcentis oscitantisque fata deprendunt, adeo ut quod apud maximum poetarum..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...etiam mensa cum argento, et ancillae super torum marcentis excussum forte altius poculum caput fregit. Ad quem ictum..."
