arctoo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Arctous, Arctoa, Arctoum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
northern, arctic, of the far north; occurring in/connected with the far north;; pertaining to the Big/Little Dipper/Bear; northern;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...conpagis hiatus.commeat hac penitus tacitis discursibus undafrigore ab Arctoo medium reuocata sub axem, 250cum Phoebus pressit Meroen tellusque..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...occasus; sed et haec non fontibus ullis soluitur: Arctoos raris Aquilonibus imbres accipit et nostris reficit sua rura..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...esse uelis, ubi regnum ponere mundi.sed neque in Arctoo sedem tibi legeris orbenec polus auersi calidus qua uergitur..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...plaustra tardus noctis alterna uice regit Bootes, frigore Arctoo rigens: en ipse diro spiritu saeui ducis polluitur aether..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...harena Libyae quasque perpetua niue Taurus coercet frigore Arctoo rigens, et omne monstrum. tracta magicis cantibus squamifera latebris..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atque ipse citis Gradivus habenis fundit equos. viden Arctoo de carcere quanta tollat se nubes atque aequore pendeat..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Oedipodae confusa domus, quando Itala nondum signa nec Arctoos ausim spirare triumphos bisque iugo Rhenum, bis adactum legibus..."