bituminer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bitumino, bituminare, bituminavi, bituminatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Technical
cover/impregnate with bitumen/tar; tar;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...rigorem. Interest utrum loca sulphure an nitro an bitumine plena transierint; hac ratione corruptae cum uitae periculo bibuntur..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...longe iacuere perempti. Ecce gravem nodis pinguique bitumine quassans lampada turbata Phlegyas decurrit ab urbe. ille leves..."Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...nostro Daphnis amore. Sparge molam et fragilis incende bitumine laurus. Daphnis me malus urit; ego hanc in Daphnide..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lurida subponunt fecundo sulphura fonti incenduntque cavas fumante bitumine venas. viribus his aliisque vapor penetravit ad ima fontis..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...veteres auctores, sed gnari locorum tradunt undantis bitumine moles pelli manuque trahi ad litus, mox, ubi vapore terrae..."