revulsis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →revello, revellere, revelli, revulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tear/pull away/loose/out/from/down/up; wrench off; remove (person);; raise/pull up (skin); pluck away/loose (L+S); open (vein); violate/disturb;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...dabis vix retractis a rogo, vix a cadavere revulsis, cui lacrimae in totum mensem duraverint? Nulla res citius..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Minyae timuere relictas. tum gemitu propiore chalybs densusque revulsis rupibus audiri montis labor et grave Titan vociferans, fixos..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...siccum sanguine guttur. panditur extemplo foribus domus atra revulsis abstractaeque boves abiurataeque rapinae caelo ostenduntur, pedibusque informe cadaver..."