caducifer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caducifer, caducifera, caduciferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
staff-bearer, i.e. Mercury;
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...specie mortali cumque parente venit Atlantiades positis caducifer alis. mille domos adiere locum requiemque petentes, mille domos clausere..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vetus est infamia saxo. Hinc se sustulerat paribus caducifer alis, Munychiosque volans agros gratamque Minervae despectabat humum cultique..."
