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..."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..."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..."