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
I
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..."Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tuendae uiginti nauibus maris superi orae Anconam uelut cardinem haberent; inde L. Cornelius dextra litora usque ad Tarentum..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nunc imperii uestri mons Taurus; quidquid intra eum cardinem est, nihil longinquum uobis debet uideri; quo arma uestra..."