antefixas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antefixus, antefixa, antefixum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
fixed/fastened in front of;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...audio Corinthi et Athenarum ornamenta laudantes mirantesque et antefixa fictilia deorum Romanorum ridentes. ego hos malo propitios deos..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adiacebant fragmina telorum equorumque artus, simul truncis arborum antefixa ora. Lucis propinquis barbarae arae, apud quas tribunos..."