acernos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acernus, acerna, acernum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
maple, of maple (wood); belonging to the maple tree;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...villosi pelle leonis accipit Aenean solioque invitat acerno. tum lecti iuvenes certatim araeque sacerdos viscera tosta ferunt taurorum..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...contorta lacerto vana fuit truncoque dedit leve vulnus acerno; proxima, si nimiis mittentis viribus usa non foret..."
