apium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →apes, apis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Agriculture
bee; swarm regarded as a portent;; bee; swarm regarded as a portent; Apis, sacred bull worshiped in Egypt;
gen. pl. - Entry →apium, apii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
celery;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →apium, api(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Agriculture
wild celery; parsley; (garlands); (GEN apii OLD); like plants; (liked by bees);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →apios, apii:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
kind of spurge;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...comparo mulae, sollicitus, tamquam lapides effuderit imber examenque apium longa consederit uua culmine delubri, tamquam in mare fluxerit..."Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...gaudentis foedo peregrina ad pulpita cantu prostitui Graiaeque apium meruisse coronae. maiorum effigies habeant insignia uocis, ante pedes..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...arcere parva ditu animalia, reclusas interim scrutari apium domos, ne per vacuas alvos foeda pestis insidiosas texeret plagas..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nonne vides, quos cera tegit sexangula fetus melliferarum apium sine membris corpora nasci et serosque pedes serasque adsumere..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...mures in aede Iouis aurum rosisse, Casini examen apium ingens in foro consedisse; et Ostiae murum portamque..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tentoria militum igne caelesti arsere; fastigio Capitolii examen apium insedit; biformis hominum partus et suis fetum editum..."
