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
- L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."