avena
Dictionary entries
- Entry →avena, avenae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
reed, straw; shepherd's pipe, pan pipe; oats, wild oats, other allied grasses;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...versibus demptis: "Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus avena Carmina et egressus silvis vicina coegi, Ut quamvis avido..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...maxime probat: "nec ciceris nec longae invidit avenae", vel Vergili: "Tyrrhenum navigat aequor", et iam vulgatum actis quoque..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...celerans Cyllenius ales advenit et leni modulatur carmen avena "quo" que ait "hinc diversus abis? heus respice cantus..."Ecloga I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena; nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva. nos patriam..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...multa? neque ille sepositi ciceris nec longae invidit avenae, aridum et ore ferens acinum semesaque lardi frusta dedit..."