achaemenide
Dictionary entries
- Entry →achaemenis, achaemenidis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
plant alleged to have magical properties;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...patria ex Ithaca, comes infelicis Ulixi, nomine Achaemenides, Troiam genitore Adamasto paupere (mansissetque utinam fortuna!) profectus..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...repertum vivere miratus, 'qui te casusve deusve servat, Achaemenide? cur' inquit 'barbara Graium prora vehit? petitur vestra quae..."