carcer, carceris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prison, jail; jailbird; starting barriers at race-course, traps; beginning;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | carcer | carceres |
| Gen. | carceris | carcerum, carcerium |
| Dat. | carceri | carceribus |
| Acc. | carcerem | carceres |
| Voc. | carcer | carceres |
| Abl. | carcere | carceribus |
Examples
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Vadatur hic me. PAEG. Vtinam vades desint, in carcere ut sis. SAG. Quid hoc? PAEG. Quid..."Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dico. Capp. At ego vos ambo in robusto carcere ut pereatis. Phaed. Collum obstringe, abduce istum in malam..."Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quam amare intellego *** si conclusos vos habere in carcere *** amoris noctesque et dies ni emortuos *** mihi nunquam quisquam..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...advorsum stimulos, lamminas, crucesque compedesque, nervos, catenas, carceres, numellas, pedicas, boias 549-550 ~indoctoresque acerrumos gnarosque nostri tergi..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dignum autem hoc illost. {Ge.} n tandem, carcer? {De.} Geta. {Ge.} bonorum extortor, legum contortor! {De.} Geta..."Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fera nobilis abdita claustris 445et frangit rabidos praemorso carcere dentes,nec secus in Siculis fureret tua flamma cauernis..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...inmodicos ausosque ingentia Gracchos;aeternis chalybis nodis et carcere Ditisconstrictae plausere manus, camposque piorumposcit turba nocens. regni possessor..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quom in aedis me ad te adduxisti , in carcere illo potius cubuissem die. deosque immortales quaeso, dum vivas..."