retusae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →retundo, retundere, retudi, retusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
blunt; weaken; repress, quell;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →retusus, retusa -um, retusior -or -us, retusissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
blunt, dull;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...sentiebam dolorem. Rudis enim novacula et in hoc retusa, ut pueris discentibus audaciam tonsoris daret, instruxerat thecam. Ideoque..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...telaque in hunc omnes unum mittuntque feruntque. tela retusa cadunt: manet inperfossus ab omni inque cruentatus Caeneus Elateius..."
