caespitem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caespes, caespitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
grassy ground, grass; earth; sod, turf; altar/rampart/mound of sod/turf/earth;
acc. sg. - Entry →caespito, caespitare, caespitavi, caespitatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stumble;
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nascantur aut pereant. Quod autem in medio caespitem videtis et super caespitem favum, nihil sine ratione facio. Terra..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...maesti simul et infensi condebant. primum extruendo tumulo caespitem Caesar posuit, gratissimo munere in defunctos et praesentibus doloris..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Plautio Aeliano pontifice, lustrata suovetaurilibus area et super caespitem redditis extis, Iovem, Iunonem, Minervam praesidesque imperii deos precatus..."
