adipe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adeps, adipis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fat, lard, grease; fatty tissue; bombast; corpulence, obesity (pl.); sapwood;; fat, lard, grease; fatty tissue; bombast; corpulence, obesity (pl.);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...praeterea nobis veratrum est acre venenum, at capris adipes et cocturnicibus auget. id quibus ut fiat rebus cognoscere..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...uiribus consersanuandis idoneos redeunt, ita sibi quoque tenuandas adipes, et quidquid umoris corrupti contraxerit emittendum si esse sanus..." - M
In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...mihi esse P. Lentuli somnum nec L. Cassi adipes nec C. Cethegi furiosam temeritatem pertimescendam. Ille erat unus..."