caerulus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caerulus, caeruli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
epithet for river/sea deities;
nom. sg. - Entry →caerulus, caerula, caerulum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blue, cerulean; deep/sky/greenish-blue, azure; of river/sea deities; of sky/sea;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tenet puer immitis, spicula cuius sentit in imis caerulus undis grex Nereidum flammamque nequit releuare mari. Ignes sentit..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...civitati praestitisti. non dico illa, quae poteram: 'puta caerulus imber in naves ruit, classis inter fluctus latet..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...subitusque diremit frontis apex. tum Castor Ityn, qua caerulus ambit balteus et gemini committunt ora dracones, frater Hagen..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pater ac turbata reponit litora depellitque Notos, quos caerulus horror et madido gravis unda sinu longeque secutus imber..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...litore Glaucus poscentes inrupit aquas, iam crine genisque caerulus, et mixtos expauit ab inguine pisces. glandibus et torta..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...natat hic contemptor ephebus aequoris et picta tralucet caerulus unda; in latus ire manu mutaturusque uidetur bracchia..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...viridisque cupit Galatea lavari. 20ante domum tumidae moderator caerulus undaeexcubat, innocui custos laris; huius amicospumant templa salo. felicia..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...abire recusat. Extra autem niveo qui margine caerulus amnis vivit et in summum fundo patet omnis..."