caeni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caenum, caeni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mud, mire, filth, slime, dirt, uncleanness; (of persons) scum/filth;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ammota est: turbidus enim defluens Nilus multumque secum caeni trahens et id subinde apponens prioribus terris Aegyptum annuo..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...cancros, altae neu crede paludi, aut ubi odor caeni gravis aut ubi concava pulsu saxa sonant vocisque offensa..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tertia vivitur aetas. 'Clara decore fuit proles Elateia Caenis, Thessalidum virgo pulcherrima, perque propinquas perque tuas urbes (tibi..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haud amplius milia ex quattuor populis, Astii et Caeni et Maduateni et Coreli, ad ipsas angustias uiam circumsederunt..."