caeruleum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caeruleus, caerulei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
epithet for river/sea deities;
acc. sg.gen. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...campo. tandem Tyrrhenas uix eluctatus in undas sanguine caeruleum torrenti diuidit aequor. 220hisne salus rerum, felix his Sulla..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...minime intellegebam: verrunt extemplo placidum mare: marmore flavo caeruleum spumat mare conferta rate pulsum; non enim videbatur "caeruleum..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...inter dum quodam sensu fit uti videatur inter caeruleum viridis miscere zmaragdos. caudaque pavonis, larga cum luce repleta..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...recolliget ignes, dum matutinos praedicet Lucifer ortus altaque caeruleum dum Nerea nesciet Arctos, candida formosi uenerabimur ora Lyaei..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pariter et torrens feret et ursa pontum sicca caeruleum bibet? non ibo inulta: gesseris caelum licet totusque pacem..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...palmas 'omnipotens regina,' inquit, 'quam, turbidus atro aethere caeruleum quateret cum Iuppiter imbrem, ipse ego praecipiti tumidum..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...natantibus ire interiunctus equis omnesque adsuerat in oras caeruleum deferre patrem; stupuere relicta Nubila, certantesque Eurique Notique sequuntur..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...astra fugate, precor, totoque excludite caelo. vos quoque caeruleum ponti, Nereides, agmen, quis honor et regni cessit fortuna..."
