calamorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calamus, calami:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reed, cane; reed pen; reed/pan pipe; arrow; fishing pole; stalk; sweet flag;; branch; arm; branch of a candelabrum;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...homines possent aurisque iuvare. et zephyri cava per calamorum sibila primum agrestis docuere cavas inflare cicutas. inde minutatim..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mihi libellos,Admittam tineas trucesque blattas. XXXVIII Fasces calamorum. Dat chartis habiles calamos Memphitica tellus; Texantur reliqua tecta..."