arcis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arco, arcere, arcui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
keep away, protect;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →arca, arcae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
box, chest; strong-box, coffer; wealth, money; coffin, bier; cell, cage; ark;; ark (Noah's); Ark of the Covenant;; quadrangular landmark for surveyors;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...prope ad sese sinit adire: Ita omnis sub arcis, sub lectis latentes Metu mussitant. LY. Occidi atque interii..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fumant fontibus aucti. est et Athenaeis in moenibus, arcis in ipso vertice, Palladis ad templum Tritonidis almae..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ducit, et humanum longe praesentit odorem Romulidarum arcis servator, candidus anser. sic aliis alius nidor datus..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...ardua fido cum Diomede petit. sed iam praevenerat arcis litoreae servator Abas ignotaque regi ediderat, sed Graia tamen..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tenebras et inertia furta Palladii caesis late custodibus arcis ne timeant, nec equi caeca condemur in aluo: luce..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...virum monimenta priorum. tum rex Evandrus Romanae conditor arcis: 'haec nemora indigenae Fauni Nymphaeque tenebant gensque virum truncis..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...litora myrtos. Namque sub Oebaliae memini me turribus arcis, qua niger umectat flaventia culta Galaesus, Corycium vidisse senem..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ille suppilat mihi aurum et pallas ex arcis domo, me despoliat, mea ornamenta clam ad meretrices degerit..."
