bracchii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bracchium, bracchi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
arm; lower arm, forearm; claw; branch, shoot; earthwork connecting forts;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habitum adulationis admirationis metus fingunt. LXXXIV. Bracchii moderata proiectio, remissis umeris atque explicantibus se in proferenda manu digitis..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...subita peditum equitumque inter angustias semiruti muri qui bracchiis duobus Piraeum Athenis iungit repulsus, omissa oppugnatione urbis, diuiso..."