babylonos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Babylon, Babylonis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Babylon (city on Euphrates, capital of Babylonia); people of Babylon;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tellus dat munera: victa est Pectine Niliaco iam Babylonos acus. CLI Zona Longa satis nunc sum; dulci..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...sunt Parthenio candidiora suo. Non ego praetulerim Babylonos picta superbae texta, Samiramia quae uariantur acu; non Athamanteo potius..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...fraternus adultercasta Mycenaeo conubia polluit auro.si Babylonos opes, Lydae si pondera gazae 60Indorumque dares Serumque Arabumque potentesdivitias, mallet..."