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
- D
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..." - D
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."