valentius
Dictionary entries
- 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. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →valenter, valentius, valentissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strongly/forcefully/powerfully/vigorously/sturdily; w/vigor of action/language;
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...mala ipsa sub se tenet, quod ratione, qua valentius nihil est, casum doloremque et iniuriam subigit. Ama rationem..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...noctem tumidis albescere coepit fluctibus et praeceps spirare valentius eurus. 'ardua iamdudum demittite cornua' rector clamat 'et antemnis..."
