carbasus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →carbasus, carbasa, carbasum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
made of linen/flax;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →carbasus, carbasi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
linen (cloth); fine linen, cambric; canvas; sail; linen garment/clothes; awning;
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...imbris. Dant etiam sonitum patuli super aequora mundi, carbasus ut quondam magnis intenta theatris dat crepitum malos inter..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fides, sed limite recto puppis et aequali transcurrat carbasus aura: sic demum rapidi venies ad Phasidis amnem. castra..."Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...flebant discrimina Troiae. Panditur hinc totis in noctem carbasus alis litoraque et veteris tumulos praelabitur Ili Dardaniumque patrem..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...videt Hybla catervas. nec mora, iam dextras Ithacesia carbasus auras poscit, et in remis hilaris sedere iuventus..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...attollere frondes visus (eum tenuis glauco velabat amictu carbasus, et crinis umbrosa tegebat harundo), tum sic adfari..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...toto properari litore circum: undique convenere; vocat iam carbasus auras, puppibus et laeti nautae imposuere coronas. hunc..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dies processit, et aurae vela vocant tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro: his vatem adgredior dictis ac talia quaeso: 'Troiugena..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...lintea malo, nostros ut luctus nostraeque incendia mentis carbasus obscurata decet ferrugine Hibera. quod tibi si sancti concesserit..."