niterent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →niteo, nitere, nitui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
shine, glitter, look bright; be sleek/in good condition; bloom, thrive;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...I.ii ACANTHIO Ex summis opibus viribusque usque experire, nitere, erus ut minor opera tua servetur: agedum, Acanthio, abige..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...videantur dicere verum. Luna potest solis radiis percussa nitere inque dies magis [id] lumen convertere nobis ad speciem..." Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nullas ibi suspiceris undas et credas uacuam nitere lygdon. Non adtendis et aure me supina iam dudum quasi..."- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pluribus notis vestis. XXIX. Quare licet haec et nitere et aliquatenus extare videantur, tamen et lumina illa..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...serpens posita cum pelle senecta luxuriare solet, squamaque nitere recenti, sic ubi mortales Tirynthius exuit artus, parte..."