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rictus

rictus, the aperture of the mouth, mouth opened wide

ringor, to open the mouth wide, be vexed, chafe, snarl

rictus

  1. …illa priores fitque quod ante fuit fugiunt e corpore saetae, cornua decrescunt, fit luminis artior orbis, contrahitur rictus, redeunt umerique manusque, ungulaque in quinos dilapsa absumitur ungues de bove nil superest formae nisi candor in illa…

    Ovid, Metamorphoses

  2. …me vidisse pulchrius tametsi non tam multum in istis rebus intellego quam multa vidi usque eo, iudices, ut rictum eius ac mentum paulo sit attritius, quod in precibus et gratulationibus non solum id venerari verum etiam osculari solent…

    Cicero, in Verrem

  3. …nemusque sacerdos praecipitat, subitisque pavens circumspicit Aeson, quid moveat. quam multa leo cunctatus in arta mole virum rictuque genas et lumina pressit, sic curae subiere ducem, ferrumne capessat imbelle atque aevi senior gestamina primi an patres…

    C. Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica

  4. …armos, vocis horrendae fragor per ora missus terna felices quoque exterret umbras, solvit a laeva feros tunc ipse rictus et Cleonaeum caput opponit ac se tegmine ingenti tegit, victrice magnum dextera robur gerens. huc nunc et illuc…

    Seneca, Hercules Furens

  5. …transmissus ensis, haut meae telum necis saxum est nec instar montis abrupti latus est totus Othrys. non truci rictu gigans Pindo cadaver obruit toto meum sine hoste vincor, quodque me torquet magis o misera virtus summus Alcidae dies…

    Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus

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