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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...nunc bona venum distrahuntur?" XX. Tum Sex. Caecilius amplexus utraque manu Favorinum "tu es" inquit "unus profecto..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...enim scripsit: ea verba locutus optatos dedit amplexus placidumque petivit coniugis infusus gremio per membra soporem. III. Minus..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...urnam e sepulcro tulit filii et quasi Oresti amplexus opplevit omnia non simulacris neque imitamentis, sed luctu atque..." - T
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..." - M
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..."