acervo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acervo, acervare, acervavi, acervatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
heap/pile up; make into heaps/piles; massed/categorized together; cover with;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →acervus, acervi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mass/heap/pile/stack; treasure, stock; large quantity; cluster; funeral pile;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...meque timoris argue tu, Drance, quando tot caedis acervos Teucrorum tua dextra dedit". Quod idem contra valet..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...etiam si non per gradus ascendant, tamen velut acervo quodam adlevantur: XXVII. "Quid enim tuus ille, tubero, destrictus..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...sumus hospita turba!' Tum super exsangues confertae caedis acervos praecipiti plangore ruunt, agnoscit in alta strage virum..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...conubia raptu ceu pecus armentumve aut vilis messis acervos perferat? haec etiam fortes iactura moveret. non tulit insidias..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...meque timoris argue tu, Drance, quando tot stragis acervos Teucrorum tua dextra dedit, passimque tropaeis insignis agros. possit..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...inrita dicta putaris, ingentis Rutulae spectabit caedis acervos.' dixerat et dextra discedens impulit altam haud ignara modi puppim..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aciem Praeneste sub ipsa stravi scutorumque incendi victor acervos et regem hac Erulum dextra sub Tartara misi, nascenti..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...contrectandae pecuniae cupidine incensus, saepe super immensos aureorum acervos patentissimo diffusos loco et nudis pedibus spatiatus et toto..."