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baltei

Dictionary entries

balteus, baltei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
Frequency:
Frequent
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
belt; shoulder-band/baldric; woman's girdle; band around neck/breast of horse;
Entry →
gen. sg.
loc. sg.
nom. pl.
voc. pl.
balteum, baltei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
Frequency:
Frequent
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
belt; shoulder-band/baldric; woman's girdle; band around neck/breast of horse;
Entry →
gen. sg.
loc. sg.

Examples

Aeneid X

P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid

"...pressit pede talia fatus exanimem rapiens immania pondera baltei impressumque nefas: una sub nocte iugali caesa manus iuvenum..."

Liber II

Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

"...milites—vernacula utebantur urbanitate—quidam spoliavere, abscisis furtim balteis an accincti forent rogitantes. non tulit ludibrium insolens contumeliarum..."