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
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vales? CYAM. Valeo, et venio ad minus valentem, et melius qui valeat fero. erus meus, ocellus tuos..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...timet μωροῦ πληγήν. Claudius ut vidit virum valentem, oblitus nugarum intellexit neminem Romae sibi parem fuisse, illic..."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..."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..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...obsequium et iunctis legionibus fiducia rediret. namque Fabium Valentem profectum ab urbe adceleraturumque cognita Caecinae proditione coniectabat..."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..."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..."
