actaeas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →actaea, actaeae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
baneberry (Actaea spicata) (poisonous) (also called Herb Christopher);
acc. pl.
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...regale patriis asperum signis ebur capulo refulget, gentis Actaeae decus. sed ipse quonam euasit? Ph. Hi trepidum fuga..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...thymbrae veteres et passis uva racemis: qualis in Actaea quondam fuit hospita terra, digna sacris Hecales, quam Musa..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iunctaque vestra meo quondam Cleopatra cubili.' Nomen ad Actaeae Calais Zetesque sororis prosiliunt Zetesque prior 'quem cernimus?' inquit..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...scinditur: his Thebas tumidumque ambire Creonta, his placet Actaeae si quid clementia gentis adnuat; extremum curarum ac turpe..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Tritonia, Thebis. centum ibi uirgineis uotae Calydonides aris Actaeas tibi rite faces et ab arbore casta nectent purpureas..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cervice sedentem respiciens blande felix Eumelus adorat, tuque, Actaea Ceres, cursu cui semper anhelo votivam taciti quassamus lampada..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...populos et moenia raptor. illic et gelidi coniunx Actaea tyranni et genetrix facta est, partus enixa gemellos, cetera..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...spemque suam motis avidus circumvolat alis, sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces inclinat cursus et easdem circinat auras..."