marcentia
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. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - 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
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quidquid legeris ad mores statim referas. Illos conpesce, marcentia in te excita, soluta constringe, contumacia doma, cupiditates tuas..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...indole clarius illa nec pietate fuit), laeua marcentia colla sustentans dextraque latus; singultibus artum exhaurit thoraca dolor..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...veluti de pectore gaudens, hortatur mensas. tenet haec marcentia fratris pocula, at haec clavae meminit manus; aspera sedis..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...flexo circum cava tempora cornu; cuius ut Haemonio marcentia guttura cultro fodit et exiguo maculavit sanguine ferrum, membra..."
