africum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Africus, Africa, Africum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
African; from the southwest (e.g. sea between Africa and Sicily, wind);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →Africa, Africae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
Africa (North); (Roman province); Libya (Carthagenian); the continent;
gen. pl. - Entry →Africus, Africi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
southwest wind;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...incredibili felicitate auster, qui per biduum flaverat, in Africum se vertit. Hic subitam commutationem fortunae videre licuit..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cursu uectum primo destituit uentus, deinde uersus in Africum turbauit ac passim naues disiecit. ipse cum rostratis..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Armeniis accessere Libyes — nam ii propius mare Africum agitabant, Gaetuli sub sole magis, haud procul ab ardoribus —, iique..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...summovetque, quantumque caloris ante tantum retro frigoris; similiter africum sistit, atque ita diversissimos ventos alium alio latere frangit..."
