anilibus
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...nisi forte existimas leui ac fabuloso sermone et anilibus argumentis prohiberi posse rem perniciosissimam, beneficiorum nouas tabulas..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnis etiam indignas lectione scidas excutit, anilibus quoque fabulis accommodare operam potest: atqui pleni sunt eius modi impedimentis..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...naresque a fronte resimas contudit et rugis peraravit anilibus ora totaque velatos flaventi corpora villo misit..."