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
- L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haud amplius milia ex quattuor populis, Astii et Caeni et Maduateni et Coreli, ad ipsas angustias uiam circumsederunt..."