arena, arenae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sand, grains of sand; sandy land or desert; seashore; arena, place of contest;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | arena | arenae |
| Gen. | arenae | arenarum |
| Dat. | arenae | arenis |
| Acc. | arenam | arenas |
| Voc. | arena | arenae |
| Abl. | arena | arenis |
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...efflare foras ideoque extollere flammam saxaque subiectare et arenae tollere nimbos. in summo sunt vertice enim crateres..." - G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Phoebum, cernuntque cadentem. Maior in externas Ithacus descendat arenas. Frag. XXVIII. Nam citius flammas mortales ore tenebunt, Quam..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nisi aut servos viderint aut statores altius cinctos. Arena aliquas accendit, aut perfusus pulvere mulio, aut histrio scaenae..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quam ne delinquerent.] notos quoque equites Romanos operas arenae promittere subegit donis ingentibus, nisi quod merces..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...vocalem sonum reddens, disiectasque inter et vix pervias arenas instar montium eductae pyramides certamine et opibus regum, lacusque..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...ille, verique honoris ignarus, qui crimina maiestatis in arena colligebat, ac se despici et contemni, nisi etiam gladiatores..."