r/latin•
Glofkill

Verbum Diei, die Mercurii, A D V KAL MART, anni AUC MMDCCLXVIII: degluttio

Verbum diei hodie est:

dēgluttĭo, dēgluttīre, dēgluttīvi, dēgluttītum: to swallow down

4th conjugation verb

et praeparavit Dominus piscem grandem ut degluttiret Ionam et erat Iona in ventre piscis tribus diebus et tribus noctibus


But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1.17

Related are glut and gluttonous.

Nonne habetis verba cara? Verba invisa? Verba jocosa? Date mihi verba vestra, et fortasse videatis hic!

Posted Feb 25, 2016, 12:40 AM UTC

103
Loading comments…