bidental
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bidental, bidentalis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
place struck by lightning where forbidden to tread; sacrifice offered there;
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...deque eius vocabuli rationibus. VI. Hostiae, quae dicuntur "bidentes", quid sint et quam ob causam ita appellatae sint..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...premiturque iuncto funere funus. Prima uis tardas tetigit bidentes: laniger pingues male carpsit herbas; colla tacturus steterat sacerdos..." 
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...insignis in armis ibat agens lectas aurata fronte bidentes. Delius hic longe candenti veste sacerdos occurrit ramoque vocat..."- P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...advena vidisset, mactatos crederet illic lactantes vitulos Amathusiacasque bidentes: hospes erat caesus! sacris offensa nefandis ipsa suas urbes..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...miles saevas aptat ad arma manus. prima bidente vides oneratos arva colentes; prima vocas tardos sub iuga panda..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...factitet, utrum minxerit in patrios cineres, an triste bidental mouerit incestus; certe furit, ac uelut ursus, obiectos caueae..."