meatus, meatus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
movement along line, course/path; progress; line followed; channel; passage-way;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | meatus | meatus |
| Gen. | meatus | meatuum |
| Dat. | meatui | meatibus |
| Acc. | meatum | meatus |
| Voc. | meatus | meatus |
| Abl. | meatu | meatibus |
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...conectitur axibus aer quodque patet terras inter lunaeque meatus, semidei manes habitant, quos ignea uirtus innocuos uita patientes..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...marcent uenae, nulloque umore rigatusaeris alternos angustat pulmo meatus,rescissoque nocent suspiria dura palato;pandunt ora tamen nociturumque..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mihi sempertu, quaecumque moues tam crebros causa meatus,ut superi uoluere, late. tum rura Nemetisqui tenet et ripas..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...lucos aras simulacraque divom. praeterea solis cursus lunaeque meatus expediam qua vi flectat natura gubernans; ne forte haec..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...plagae sedare tumultus inque suos quicquid rursus revocare meatus et quasi iam leti dominantem in corpore motum discutere..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...rebus habenda nobis est ratio, solis lunaeque meatus qua fiant ratione, et qua vi quaeque gerantur in terris..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...applicat sibi noua luce gaudentem et uicinorum siderum meatus docet, nec ex coniectura sed omnium ex uero peritus..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...proles uno aetatem permensa die post Luciferi nata meatus ante Hesperios occidit ortus. horret tantis aduena monstris populique..."