adunca
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aduncus, adunca, aduncum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bent, curved, hooked, crooked;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ferit aera motu. hic aures, alius spiramina naris aduncae amputat, ille cauis euoluit sedibus orbes ultimaque effodit spectatis..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...rigent, resonant aures 187a,188b stillatque niger naris aduncae cruor et uenas rumpit hiantes; intima creber uiscera quassat..." 
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Oeneae uindex sic ille Dianae erectus saetis et aduncae fulmine malae, cum premeret Pelopea phalanx, saxa obuia uoluens..."- P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...litora ponto. Occupat hic collem, cumba sedet alter adunca et ducit remos illic, ubi nuper arabat: ille supra..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...corpora verso in capitum faciem puppes mutantur aduncae, in digitos abeunt et crura natantia remi, quodque prius fuerat..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fecit avem et subitis pendentem sustulit alis oraque adunca dedit, curvos dedit unguibus hamos, virtutem antiquam, maiores corpore..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...modo denique fraudem senserit, e puppi pontum prospectat adunca et flenti similis "non haec mihi litora, nautae, promisistis..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...litora ponto. Occupat hic collem, cumba sedet alter adunca et ducit remos illic, ubi nuper arabat: ille supra..."