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
- P
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..." - G
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..."