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..."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..."