astra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →astrum, astri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
star, heavenly body, planet/sun/moon; the stars, constellation; sky, heaven;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
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Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...lumine uero inpleuit, stellasque uagas miratus et astra fixa polis, uidit quanta sub nocte iaceret nostra dies risitque..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cumulato ture sepulchraPompeius, Fortuna, tuus, non pinguis ad astra 730ut ferat e membris Eoos fumus odores,ut Romana..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pleno pariter planxere theatro. uicerat astra iubar, cum mixto murmure turba 45castrorum fremuit fatisque trahentibus orbemsigna petit pugnae..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...contenta teneri.tum quoque tanta maris moles creuisset in astra 625ni superum rector pressisset nubibus undas.non caeli nox illa..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...optauere diem. nec segnis uergere ponto 525tunc erat astra polus; nam sol Ledaea tenebatsidera, uicino cum lux altissima..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...caelicolis furor arma dedisset 315aut si terrigenae temptarent astra gigantes,non tamen auderet pietas humana uel armisuel uotis..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...230uicinumque minax inuadit Ariminum, et ignessolis Lucifero fugiebant astra relicto.iamque dies primos belli uisura tumultusexoritur; sed sponte deum..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nusquam uetitis ullas obsistere cautesindignaris aquis, spuma tunc astra lacessis, 320cuncta fremunt undis, ac multo murmure montisspumeus inuitis..."