accipitris
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);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
- P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dicam? {Ge.} qui istuc? {Ph.} quia non rete accipitri tennitur neque miluo, qui male faciunt nobis: illis..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nube sub media stetit alitem expectans suum (qualis accipitris minas fugit et sparsos metu conligit fetus auis), donec..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...reddidit. est illic agrestis imagine Phoebus, utque modo accipitris pennas, modo terga leonis gesserit, ut pastor Macareida luserit..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...abibas, Isdem sub tectis hospes et uxor erant. Accipitri timidas credis, furiose, columbas? Plenum montano credis ovile lupo..."