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
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..."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..."
