hirundo, hirundinis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
swallow; martin; small bird; flying fish;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | hirundo | hirundines |
| Gen. | hirundinis | hirundinum, hirundinium |
| Dat. | hirundini | hirundinibus |
| Acc. | hirundinem | hirundines |
| Voc. | hirundo | hirundines |
| Abl. | hirundine | hirundinibus |
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...amorem quod te imitari aveo; quid enim contendat hirundo cycnis, aut quid nam tremulis facere artubus haedi consimile..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Phoebus producere flammas, spargere rubicunda dies; iam tristis hirundo argutis reditura cibos inmittere nidis incipit et molli partitos..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...divitis aedes pervolat et pennis alta atria lustrat hirundo pabula parva legens nidisque loquacibus escas, et nunc porticibus..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...prata coloribus, ante garrula quam tignis nidum suspendat hirundo. Interea teneris tepefactus in ossibus umor aestuat et visenda..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...patulis captauit naribus auras, aut arguta lacus circumuolitauit hirundo et ueterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam. saepius..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...lupos. At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo, Quasque colat turres, Chaonis ales habet. Este procul, lites..."