valentem
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);
acc. 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. - 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. (m./f.)
Examples
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vales? CYAM. Valeo, et venio ad minus valentem, et melius qui valeat fero. erus meus, ocellus tuos..." - L
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...timet μωροῦ πληγήν. Claudius ut vidit virum valentem, oblitus nugarum intellexit neminem Romae sibi parem fuisse, illic..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...boni coniuges, bene vivite et munere assiduo valentem exercete iuventam. LXII. exametrum carmen nuptiale Vesper adest, iuvenes, consurgite..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...iacere caput, strepente circum procaci choro. ferunt Vettium Valentem lascivia in praealtam arborem conisum, interrogantibus quid aspiceret, respondisse..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...obsequium et iunctis legionibus fiducia rediret. namque Fabium Valentem profectum ab urbe adceleraturumque cognita Caecinae proditione coniectabat..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...reciperet imperium, nunc ut legatione apud Caecinam ac Valentem fungeretur, minitantes orabant: Verginius per aversam domus partem furtim..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...copiis iuvere militem. sed fama constans fuit ipsum Valentem magna pecunia emptum. is diu sordidus, repente dives mutationem..."
