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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...leporem excitavi?" Mobilis aestivas platanus diffuderat umbras et bacis redimita Daphne tremulaeque cupressus et circum tonsae trepidanti vertice..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...virens buxum tenuesque myricae et bicolor myrtus et bacis caerula tinus. vos quoque, flexipedes hederae, venistis..." - P
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..."