caerulei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caeruleus, caerulei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
epithet for river/sea deities;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →caeruleus, caerulea, caeruleum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blue, cerulean, dark; greenish-blue, azure; of river/sea deities; of sky/sea;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →caeruleum, caerulei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blue color (dark); steel color; sky/sea (pl.); deep blue sea; blue sky;; azurite; kind of blue glass;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quoque esuriens, neque enim omnia sustinet umquam mucida caerulei panis consumere frusta, hesternum solitus medio seruare minutal Septembri..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Gigantas, rura vel aeterno proxima Vergilio. LIII Claudia caeruleis cum sit Rufina Britannis edita, quam Latiae pectora gentis..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Videmus in eo aliquid flammei aliquid lutei aliquid caerulei et alia in picturae modum subtilibus lineis ducta..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...imis commota uadis unda niuali uicina polo, ubi caeruleis immunis aquis lucida uersat plaustra Bootes, ut praecipites regum..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...saeue dominator freti, inuade et in me monstra caerulei maris emitte, quidquid intimo Tethys sinu extrema gestat, quidquid..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...dedit. XXI. Statura fuit iusta, capite praecalvo, oculis caeruleis, adunco naso, manibus pedibusque articulari morbo distortissimis, ut neque..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...circa omnes pariter furiaeque minaeque patris habent, nec caerulei timor aequoris ultra nec miserae terra ulla procul: quascumque..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fieri ut candens videatur et album. quod si caeruleis constarent aequora ponti seminibus, nullo possent albescere pacto..."
