agrestem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →agrestis, agrestis, agreste:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
rustic, inhabiting countryside; rude, wild, savage; of/passing through fields;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - Entry →agrestis, agrestis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
countryman, peasant; rube, rustic, bumpkin;
acc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...rubenti? quondam hoc indigenae uiuebant more, priusquam sumeret agrestem posito diademate falcem Saturnus fugiens, tunc cum uirguncula Iuno..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tamen duas primas consonantes habeat, fit longa, ut "agrestem tenui musam": LXXXVI. nam "a" brevis, "gres" brevis, faciet..." - P
Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...laudes, Vare, tuas cupiant, et tristia condere bella) agrestem tenui meditabor harundine musam. Non iniussa cano. Si quis..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...herbas: tu quos ad studium atque usum formabis agrestem iam uitulos hortare uiamque insiste domandi, dum faciles animi..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Famemque fata coire sinunt), montani numinis unam talibus agrestem conpellat oreada dictis: "est locus extremis Scythiae glacialis..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...memor, quam sis aevi brevis." haec ubi dicta agrestem pepulere, domo levis exsilit; inde ambo propositum peragunt iter..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cornibus boum, quos domitos indomitosque multos inter ceteram agrestem praedam agebat. Ad duo milia ferme boum effecta, Hasdrubalique..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnis generis animantium et odore insolito urbanos et agrestem confertum in arta tecta aestu ac vigiliis angebat, ministeriaque..."