marcida
Dictionary entries
- Entry →marcidus, marcida, marcidum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withered/dropping/rotten; lacking rigidity; exhausted/weak; apathetic/languid;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...capiti fibrarum increscere molemalterius capitis. pars aegra et marcida pendet,pars micat et celeri uenas mouet inproba pulsu.his..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...occidis audax, occidis Aonii puer altera cura Lyaei. marcida te fractis planxerunt Ismara thyrsis, te Tmolos, te Nysa..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...panaria candidasque mappas subvectant epulasque lautiores; illi marcida vina largiuntur: Idaeos totidem putes ministros. Orbem, qua melior severiorque..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...papaver in horto liliaque infringat fulvis horrentia linguis, marcida demittant subito caput illa vietum nec se sustineant spectentque..."