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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...sunt faciles: at albus anser et pictis anas renovata pennis plebeium sapit. Vltimis ab oris attractus scarus atque..."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..."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..."
