cardinem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cardo, cardinis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hinge; pole, axis; chief point/circumstance; crisis; tenon/mortise; area; limit;
acc. sg.
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...uterque vigilaverint? Quid, si noverca? "Age limen inveniam, cardinem sine strepitu movebo, dormientis cubiculum intrabo, quiescentem feriam patrem..." - T
Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tuendae uiginti nauibus maris superi orae Anconam uelut cardinem haberent; inde L. Cornelius dextra litora usque ad Tarentum..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nunc imperii uestri mons Taurus; quidquid intra eum cardinem est, nihil longinquum uobis debet uideri; quo arma uestra..."