bacis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →baca, bacae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
berry, fruit of tree/shrub; olive; pearl; piece/bead of coral;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...leporem excitavi?" Mobilis aestivas platanus diffuderat umbras et bacis redimita Daphne tremulaeque cupressus et circum tonsae trepidanti vertice..."Ecloga X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...deus Arcadiae uenit, quem uidimus ipsi sanguineis ebuli bacis minioque rubentem: "Ecquis erit modus?" inquit "Amor non talia..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...tractu surgens oleaster eodem plurimus et strati bacis siluestribus agri. at quae pinguis humus dulcique uligine laeta, quique..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sucoque licet cognoscere mores. quippe notam linguae bacis oleaster amaris exhibet: asperitas verborum cessit in illa. Hinc..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...opertum pendeat alga; myrtea silva subest bicoloribus obsita bacis. est specus in medio, natura factus an arte, ambiguum..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...virens buxum tenuesque myricae et bicolor myrtus et bacis caerula tinus. vos quoque, flexipedes hederae, venistis..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...percussamque sua simulat de cuspide terram edere cum bacis fetum canentis olivae; mirarique deos: operis Victoria finis..."