belo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →belo, belare, belavi, belatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bleat, baa (like a sheep); talk foolishly;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...incanaque glebis tura et ab antiquo durantia cinnama Belo. summa crepant auro, Tyrioque attollitur ostro molle supercilium, teretes..."- P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...implevitque mero pateram, quam Belus et omnes a Belo soliti; tum facta silentia tectis: 'Iuppiter, hospitibus..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pater Orchamus isque septimus a prisco numeratur origine Belo. 'Axe sub Hesperio sunt pascua Solis equorum: ambrosiam..."