micantia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →micans, (gen.), micantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
flashing, gleaming, sparkling, twinkling, glittering;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →mico, micare, micui, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
vibrate, quiver, twinkle; tremble, throb; beat (pulse); dart, flash, glitter;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cineri data mater iniquo natalesque rogi quaeque ipse micantia sensi fulgura? reliquias etiam fusaeque sepulcrum paelicis et residem..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...diuisus in omnes hos obit atque illos ferroque micantia tela decutit; impeditant numero seque ipsa uicissim arma premunt..."- P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...horrendum sonuere, tremunt in vertice cristae sanguineae clipeoque micantia fulmina mittit. agnoscunt faciem invisam atque immania membra turbati..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...motu tellus atque horrida contremuerunt aequora concussitque micantia sidera mundus. ipse autem caeca mentem caligine Theseus consitus oblito..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...premitur tenebris hiemisque suisque. discutiunt tamen has praebentque micantia lumen fulmina: fulmineis ardescunt ignibus imbres. dat quoque..."