alexandrinus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Alexandrinus, Alexandrina, Alexandrinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Egypt
Alexandrian, of/belonging to Alexandria (City in Egypt and others);
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →Alexandrinus, Alexandrini:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Geography:
- Egypt
Alexandrian, citizen/inhabitant of Alexandria (City in Egypt and others);
nom. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...habetis. si quid belli habes, affer". Interim puer Alexandrinus, qui caldam ministrabat, luscinias coepit imitari clamante Trimalchione subinde..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...amorem obicere. destinaturque reus cognomento Eucaerus, natione Alexandrinus, canere per tibias doctus. actae ob id de ancillis quaestiones..."
