bubo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bubo, bubere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
cry like a bittern (bird that booms/roars like an ox during mating);
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →bubo, bubonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
horned or eagle owl (esp. as bird of ill omen);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...linguae.latratus habet illa canum gemitusque luporum,quod trepidus bubo, quod strix nocturna queruntur,quod strident ululantque ferae, quod..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nube uolucres, nocturnaeque gemunt striges et feralia bubo damna canens. quae prima deum portenta sequamur? hisne dari, Thymbraee..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...terras obscura teneret, solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces; multaque praeterea..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sanguine currus; tristia mille locis Stygius dedit omina bubo, mille locis lacrimavit ebur, cantusque feruntur auditi sanctis..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pedis offensi signo est revocata, ter omen funereus bubo letali carmine fecit: it tamen, et tenebrae minuunt noxque..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...funere raptas, Eumenides stravere torum, tectoque profanus incubuit bubo thalamique in culmine sedit. hac ave coniuncti Procne Tereusque..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pennas foedaque fit volucris, venturi nuntia luctus, ignavus bubo, dirum mortalibus omen. '"Hic tamen indicio poenam linguaque videri..."