aduncis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aduncus, adunca, aduncum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bent, curved, hooked, crooked;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ueneni spuma uirens, ter lingua uibrat, terna agmina adunci dentis, et auratae crudelis gloria fronti prominet. Inachio sanctum..."- P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sues oculosque animosque ferarum. fulmen habent acres in aduncis dentibus apri, impetus est fulvis et vasta leonibus..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mihi fructus, hunc fertilitatis honorem officiique refers, quod adunci vulnera aratri rastrorumque fero totoque exerceor anno, quod pecori..."