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
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..."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..."
