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
- T
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."