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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...habetis. si quid belli habes, affer". Interim puer Alexandrinus, qui caldam ministrabat, luscinias coepit imitari clamante Trimalchione subinde..." - P
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..."
