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
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..."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..."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..."