armentorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →armentum, armenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
herd (of cattle); a head of cattle, individual bull/horse; cattle/horses (pl.);
gen. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...matrum dum lustra secuntur,altus caesorum pauit cruor armentorum,sic et Sullanum solito tibi lambere ferrum 330durat, magne..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...auditis diversa valle duorum exstimulata fame mugitibus armentorum nescit, utro potius ruat, et ruere ardet utroque, sic dubius..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...civitatibus ultro ac viritim conferre principibus vel armentorum vel frugum, quod pro honore acceptum etiam necessitatibus subvenit. Gaudent..."