aulaei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aulaeum, aulaei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
canopy/covering; theater curtain; hangings/folds (pl.), tapestries/drapery;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...regia portabat Tyriis, duce laetus Achate. Cum venit, aulaeis iam se regina superbis aurea composuit sponda mediamque locavit..."Epistola ad Caesarem II
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...VIII. Nam domum aut villam exstruere, eamque signis, aulaeis, aliisque operibus exornare, et omnia potius, quam semet, visendum..."
