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
- P
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..." - P
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..."
