actaeis
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);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...parenti meque venit contra captivaque terga ministrat.' dixerat, Actaei sed eum prior hasta Phaleri deicit; ad socias sonipes..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...inclitus, Herculeas olim moture sagittas. proximus hinc Butes Actaeis dives ab oris; innumeras nam claudit apes longaque superbus..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...regem qui deprendere trahuntur. at procul Actaeis dextra iam Pallade muris Iuno Phoroneas inducit praeuia matres attonitas..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...formosius isto viderunt oculi telum iaculabile nostri.' excipit Actaeis e fratribus alter et 'usum maiorem specie mirabere' dixit..."