anilem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anilis, anilis, anile:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
old-womanish; of an old woman; inflicted by an old woman; old wives tale;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...certamina vitat?' tum dea 'venit!' ait formamque removit anilem Palladaque exhibuit: venerantur numina nymphae Mygdonidesque nurus; sola..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...curva trementi membra tulit passu; vocem quoque fecit anilem, ipsaque erat Beroe, Semeles Epidauria nutrix. ergo ubi captato..."
