valens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Valens, Valentis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Valens; (Emperor Flavius Julius Valens 364-378 lost at Adrianople);
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →valeo, valere, valui, valitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
be strong/powerful/influential/healthy; prevail; [vale => goodbye/farewell];; farewell, goodbye, adieu (the Roman equivalent of "Live long and prosper");
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →valens, valentis (gen.), valentior -or -us, valentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strong; vigorous/healthy/robust; powerful/potent/effective; severe; influential;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...minitarier? [nil moror discipulos mihi iam plenos sanguinis: valens afflictat me vacivom virium.] PIST. Fiam, ut ego opinor..." - C
Timotheus
Cornelius Nepos
"...coepti. Defecerat Samus, descierat Hellespontus, Philippus iam tum valens, Macedo, multa moliebatur; cui oppositus Chares cum esset..." - L
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...praetorius, Sex. Traulus, M. Helvius, Trogus, Cotta, Vettius Valens, Fabius equites R. quos Narcissus duci iusserat. Medius erat..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...retineret. Valebis, mea Agrippina, et dabis operam ut valens pervenias ad Germanicum tuum." Abunde parere arbitror non potuisse..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...melior motu fretusque iuventa, hic membris et mole valens; sed tarda trementi genua labant, vastos quatit aeger anhelitus..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...tenuis: quid ni? cui tam bona mater tamque valens vivat tamque venusta soror tamque bonus patruus tamque omnia..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...transit in aestatem post ver robustior annus fitque valens iuvenis: neque enim robustior aetas ulla nec uberior..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Megaronides? MEG. Et tu edepol salve, Callicles. CAL. Valen? valuistin? MEG. Valeo, et valui rectius. CAL. Quid..."
