arcanus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arcanus, arcana, arcanum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
secret, private, hidden; intimate, personal; confidential; mysterious, esoteric;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →arcanus, arcani:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
confidant, trustworthy friend, keeper of secrets;
nom. sg.
Examples
- L
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...agitat intentus uigor, ea per quietem sacer et arcanus refert ueloxque sensus. coniugem thalamos toros uidisse te miraris..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...domum. est Pelopis altis nobile in stabulis pecus, arcanus aries, ductor opulenti gregis, cuius per omne corpus effuso..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...abluitur. Servi ministrant, quos statim idem lacus haurit. Arcanus hinc terror sanctaque ignorantia, quid sit illud, quod tantum..."
