amplexus
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;
nom. sg. perf. part. - Entry →amplexus, amplexus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
clasp, embrace, surrounding; sexual embrace; coil (snake); circumference;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ardensrupit amor leges, audet transcendere uallum 175miles, in amplexus effusas tendere palmas.hospitis ille ciet nomen, uocat ille propinquum..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...bellumte faciet ciuile meum.' sic fata refugitumbra per amplexus trepidi dilapsa mariti. ille, dei quamuis cladem manesque minentur..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tunc Vmbris Marsisque ferax domitusque Sabello 430uomere, piniferis amplexus rupibus omnis indigenas Latii populos, non deserit ante Hesperiam..."Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...nunc bona venum distrahuntur?" XX. Tum Sex. Caecilius amplexus utraque manu Favorinum "tu es" inquit "unus profecto..."Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...enim scripsit: ea verba locutus optatos dedit amplexus placidumque petivit coniugis infusus gremio per membra soporem. III. Minus..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...urnam e sepulcro tulit filii et quasi Oresti amplexus opplevit omnia non simulacris neque imitamentis, sed luctu atque..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...mala, asper, acerba tuens, immani corpore serpens arboris amplexus stirpes? quid denique obesset propter Atlanteum litus pelagique severa..."Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...miser, puero, quem nox si iunxerit unaet semel amplexus incesto pectore passushauserit obscaenum titulo pietatis amorem,meque tuumque..."
