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
- G
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..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cursu uectum primo destituit uentus, deinde uersus in Africum turbauit ac passim naues disiecit. ipse cum rostratis..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Armeniis accessere Libyes — nam ii propius mare Africum agitabant, Gaetuli sub sole magis, haud procul ab ardoribus —, iique..." - G
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..."
