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
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dicam? {Ge.} qui istuc? {Ph.} quia non rete accipitri tennitur neque miluo, qui male faciunt nobis: illis..."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..."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..."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..."