arcum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
gen. 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;
gen. pl. - Entry →arcus, arcus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bow, arc, coil, arch; rainbow; anything arched or curved;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ipsam configite matrem' Amphion clamat, sed Paean contrahit arcum. extulit ergo greges natorum ipsumque parentem, dum sibi nobilior..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...minor non fit. Si in Parthia natus esset, arcum infans statim tenderet; si in Germania, protinus puer tenerum..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...umbram, et sic utriusque intercursu effici arcum, in quo pars fulgeat, quae solem recipit, pars obscurior sit, quae..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...adleuataque super caput sinistra manu stare. Tunc intendit arcum et ipsum cor adulescentis (id enim petere se dixerat..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...foro esset erepta quodque a rostris usque ad arcum Fabianum per seditiosae factionis manus traditus uoces inprobas..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...amare possit Hercules. rigidas manus intende et arcum cornibus iunctis para. nunc, nunc sagittam prome qua quondam horridus..."[Proverbs]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...Scire uti felicitate maxima felicitas est. 138. Arcum intentio frangit, animum remissio. 139. Numquam scelus scelere vindicandum..."Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...adversus venerit. egomet autem quom extemplo arcum [mihi] et pharetram et sagittas sumpsero, cassidem in caput, dormibo placide..."
