Libya, Libyae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
Libya (general term for North Africa); peoples (pl.) of Libya;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Libya | Libyae |
| Gen. | Libyae | Libyarum |
| Dat. | Libyae | Libyis |
| Acc. | Libyam | Libyas |
| Voc. | Libya | Libyae |
| Abl. | Libya | Libyis |
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...haut ultra Garamantidas attigit undas, sed duce Pompeio Libyae melioris in oris mansit. at inpatiens uirtus haerere Catonis..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...orbisHesperiam pensant superi: iacet hostis in undisobrutus Illyricis, Libyae squalentibus aruisCurio Caesarei cecidit pars magna senatus. 40tollite signa..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiresque resumitin nuda tellure iacens. periere coloni 605aruorum Libyae, pereunt quos appulit aequor;auxilioque diu uirtus..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Scythiae populos, per inhospita Syrtislitora, per calidas Libyae sitientis harenas:haec manus, ut uictum post terga relinqueret orbem..." - D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...despiciam, qui scit quanto sublimior Atlas omnibus in Libya sit montibus, hic tamen idem ignorat quantum ferrata distet..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sacrum manu pestes uocat quascumque feruentis creat harena Libyae quasque perpetua niue Taurus coercet frigore Arctoo rigens..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Hiberae. Iam fragor armorum trepidantes personat aures, Et Libyae cerno tua, Nile, gementia claustra, Actiacosque sinus et Apollinis..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fratresobscaena de matre dedit, partesque fugataspassus in extremis Libyae coalescere regnistempora Niliaco turpis dependit amori, 80dum donare Pharon..."