capacibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capax, capacis (gen.), capacior -or -us, capacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
large, spacious, roomy, big; capable, fit, competent; has right to inherit;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...deficit, singula quaeque ostendi facilius possunt, universi nondum capacibus. Faciam ergo quod exigis et philosophiam in partes..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...passim positoque pudore fontibus et fluviis puteisque capacibus haerent, nec sitis est exstincta prius quam vita bibendo. inde..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Nepheleque Hyaleque Rhanisque et Psecas et Phiale funduntque capacibus urnis. dumque ibi perluitur solita Titania lympha, ecce nepos..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...feret ulla dies. Tu potius, ripis effuse capacibus amnis — sic aeternus eas — labere fine tuo! non eris invidiae..."
