anguimanus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anguimanus, anguimana, anguimanum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
with snaky hands/serpent-handed/tentacled; epithet of the elephant;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →anguimanus, anguimanus:
Common · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
one with snaky hands/serpent-handed/tentacled; elephant (L+S);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...escendere currus. inde boves Lucas turrito corpore, tetras, anguimanus, belli docuerunt volnera Poeni sufferre et magnas Martis turbare..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sicut quadripedum cum primis esse videmus in genere anguimanus elephantos, India quorum milibus e multis vallo munitur eburno..."
