arces
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arceo, arcere, arcui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ward/keep off/away; keep close, confine; prevent, hinder; protect; separate;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →arco, arcere, arcui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
keep away, protect;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →arcs, arcis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
citadel, stronghold; height; the Capitoline hill Rome; defense, refuge;; citadel, stronghold, city; height, hilltop; Capitoline hill; defense, refuge;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...audivi fata quae illi forent exitio: signum ex arce si periisset; alterum etiamst Troili mors; tertium, cum portae..."Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...totum desedi diem, Myconium hospitem dum exspecto in arce Callidemidem. itaque ineptus hodie dum illi sedeo, ut quisque..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sanguine semiuiri Magnum satiare tyranni. non ego Pellaeas arces adytisque retectum corpus Alexandri pigra Mareotide mergam? non mihi..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...recto.sceptrorum uis tota perit, si pendere iustaincipit, euertitque arces respectus honesti. 490libertas scelerum est quae regna inuisa tuetursublatusque..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...concurrere campo. 80quid mundi gladios a sanguine Caesaris arces?uibrant tela manus, uix signa morantia quisquamexpectat: propera..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...forti uelis Aquilone receptointer semirutas magnae Carthaginis arces 585et Clipeam tenuit stationis litora notae,primaque castra locat cano..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mallet amari. iamque et praecipitis superauerat Anxuris arces,et qua Pomptinas uia diuidit uda paludes, 85qua sublime nemus..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rerum meus Vlixes egerit, iamne habeat signum ex arce Ballionia. BAL. O fortunate, cedo fortunatam manum, Simo..."
