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..."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..."