apricas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aprico, apricare, apricavi, apricatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Medieval
tan;; warm in the sun;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →apricus, aprica -um, apricior -or -us, apricissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by/exposed to/open to the sun, basking;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...December canus et bruma impotens Aquilone rauco mugiet, aprica repetes Tarraconis litora tuamque Laletaniam. Ibi inligatatas mollibus dammas..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...radices certius figit: fragiles sunt quae in aprica ualle creuerunt. Pro ipsis ergo bonis uiris est, ut esse..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...deveniant camposque, ubi sol totumque per annum durat aprica dies thiasique chorique virorum carminaque et quorum populis..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quid amor; sed et erubuisse decebat: hic color aprica pendentibus arbore pomis aut ebori tincto..."
