cannis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canna, cannae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small reed/cane; panpipe/flute; small vessel/gondola; windpipe; cane-sugar;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quid Fabricius manesque Camilli, quid Cremerae legio et Cannis consumpta iuuentus, tot bellorum animae, quotiens hinc talis..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...deliberat, an petat urbem a Cannis, an post nimbos et fulmina cautus circumagat madidas a tempestate cohortes. quantum..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...antra videt, quae, multa nubila silva et levibus cannis latitantia semicaper Pan nunc tenet, at quodam tenuerunt tempore..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sacrorum nigra favilla ara vetus stabat tremulis circumdata cannis. restitit et pavido "faveas mihi!" murmure dixit dux meus..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fuit baculum silvestre sinistrae, alterius dispar septenis fistula cannis. dumque amor est curae, dum te tua fistula mulcet..."