accipitre
Dictionary entries
- Entry →accipiter, accipitris:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
hawk (any of several species); flying gurnard (fish);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...concussis artibus hinnit? postremo genus alituum variaeque volucres, accipitres atque ossifragae mergique marinis fluctibus in salso victum vitamque..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...volucres pinnisque repente sollicitant divom nocturno tempore lucos, accipitres somno in leni si proelia pugnas edere sunt persectantes..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uenit auguriis melior; quin uultur et altis desuper accipitres exultauere rapinis. monstra uolant: dirae stridunt in nube uolucres..."