carbonis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →carbo, carbonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
charcoal; glowing coal; pencil/marker; worthless thing; charred remains; coal;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
- P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...quoque est fallitque oculos e lacte recenti Littera: carbonis pulvere tange, leges. Fallet et umiduli quae fiet acumine..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...propiorem nobis quam Servio Galbae aut C. Carboni quosque alios merito antiquos vocaverimus; sunt enim horridi et inpoliti..."
