tetras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →teter, tetra -tetrum, tetrior -or -us, teterrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
foul, offensive; ugly; disgraceful; (taeter);
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...liquisse et magnas caeli complesse cavernas, Æusque adeo tetra nimborum nocte coorta inpendent atrae formidinis ora superne..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...effugium servarat corpore adeso, posterius tremulas super ulcera tetra tenentes palmas horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum, donique eos vita..."