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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nascantur aut pereant. Quod autem in medio caespitem videtis et super caespitem favum, nihil sine ratione facio. Terra..." - P
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..." - P
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..."
