sordent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sordeo, sordere, sordui, sorditus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be dirty/soiled; seem mean/unworthy/not good enough/common/coarse/vile/ignoble;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...licet. Non nostri faciunt tibi quod tua tempora sordent, sed faciunt mores, Caeciliane, tui. 10 LXXI Massyli..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...primum longas, Phoebe, recide comas, dum nulla teneri sordent lanugine uoltus dumque decent fusae lactea colla iubae; utque..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...malorum principia et blandae superum mortalibus irae. iam sordent terrena uiro taedetque profundae caedis, et exhaustis olim Graiumque..."- P
Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...illos abducere Thestylis orat; et faciet, quoniam sordent tibi munera nostra. Huc ades, o formose puer, tibi lilia..."