alni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alnus, alna, alnum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of alder-wood, alder-;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →alnus, alni:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
alder; (something usually made of alder wood) plank, bridge, boat, ship;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uenturis conponere carbasa uentis.hic Latiae rostro conpagem ruperat alni,pila sed in medium uenere trementia pectusauertitque ratem morientis..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...praeside turmae: ceu mare per tumidum uiduae moderantibus alni, quas deus et casus tempestatesque gubernant. inde animus Tyriis..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...ferre omnes omnia possunt. fluminibus salices crassisque paludibus alni nascuntur, steriles saxosis montibus orni; litora myrtetis laetissima; denique..."
