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Dictionary entries

  • bas, baseis:

    Feminine · Noun

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = pedestal; base, point of attachment; foundation, support; chord (of an arc);

    Entry →
    nom. sg.
  • basis, basis:

    Feminine · Noun

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = pedestal; base, point of attachment; foundation, support; chord (of an arc);

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    gen. sg.
    nom. pl.
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber IX

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...nutu 'Graece numquid' ait 'poeta nescis? inscripta est basis indicatque nomen.' Lusìppou lego, Phidiae putavi. XLV Miles Hyperboreos..."
  • L

    Liber IX

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...ponunt magnus est. Quare ergo magnus videtur? cum basi illum sua metiris. Non est magnus pumilio licet..."
  • G

    Domitianus

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM

    "...domus Palatina et cubiculum ipsius, atque etiam e basi statuae triumphalis titulus excussus vi procellae in monimentum proximum..."
  • G

    Liber II

    Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE

    "...ingenio statuam posuere Attici,servumque collocarunt aeterna in basi,patere honoris scirent ut cuncti viamnec generi tribui..."

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