anas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anas, anatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
duck;; senility in women; disease in old women (L+S);
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →anus, ana, anum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
old (of female persons and things), aged;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...facta corona placet. LII. Anates. Tota quidem ponatur anas, sed pectore tantum et cervice sapit: cetera redde coco..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...sunt faciles: at albus anser et pictis anas renovata pennis plebeium sapit. Vltimis ab oris attractus scarus atque..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cerva lupum longeque lacu deprensa relicto accipitrem fluvialis anas; quam Troius heros insequitur celeremque metu celer urget amore..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...saltu Castulonensi ad Anam duabus legionibus, tertius ab Ana Vettonum agrum Lusitaniamque pari numero legionum optinebat, officia inter..."
