assyrius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Assyrius, Assyrii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Geography:
- Near East
Assyrian; inhabitant of Assur/Assyria;
nom. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...gentis erat: sanguis ibi fluxit Achaeus, 635Ponticus, Assyrius; cunctos haerere cruoresRomanus campisque uetat consistere torrens.maius ab hac acie..." de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...Barbara pyramidum sileat miracula Memphis, Assyrius iactet nec Babylona labor; nec Triuiae templo molles laudentur Iones, dissimulet Delon..."- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Hunc ubi laudatos iactantem in sanguine vultus Assyrius vidit Lycabas, iunctissimus illi et comes et veri non dissimulator..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...nutrix, mercatorne uagus cultorne uirentis agelli, Colchus an Assyrius, Thebis nutritus an Argis. Aut famam sequere aut sibi..."