amplexos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amplector, amplecti, amplexus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surround, encircle, embrace, clasp; esteem; cherish; surround, include, grasp;
acc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →amplexus, amplexus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
clasp, embrace, surrounding; sexual embrace; coil (snake); circumference;
gen. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...taxos,et non ardentis fulgere incendia siluae, 420roboraque amplexos circum fluxisse dracones.non illum cultu populi propiore frequentantsed cessere..." 
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...robore clausum dis pelagi Ventisque et Cycladas Aegaeoni amplexo commendo patrem, nec fletibus umquam fit modus alternis..."- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pugnat et incessit scelerataque devovet arma; huic Chromis amplexo tremulis altaria palmis decutit ense caput, quod protinus incidit..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...trepidantes alios armisque omissis saxa quibus adhaerebant manibus amplexos trucidat. Iamque et alii congregati telis missilibusque saxis proturbare..."