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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cornibus boum, quos domitos indomitosque multos inter ceteram agrestem praedam agebat. Ad duo milia ferme boum effecta, Hasdrubalique..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnis generis animantium et odore insolito urbanos et agrestem confertum in arta tecta aestu ac vigiliis angebat, ministeriaque..."