castorem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →castor, castoris:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
beaver (Castor fiber);
acc. sg. - Entry →Castor, Castoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
- Geography:
- Greece
Castor; (twin to Pollux, brother to Helen); St Elmo's fire (pl.), corposant;; beaver (Castor fiber);
acc. sg.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...Romae per Herculem non iuraverint neque viri per Castorem. VII. Verbis antiquissimis relictisque iam et desitis minime utendum..." - A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...Romae per Herculem non iuraverint neque viri per Castorem. I. In veteribus scriptis neque mulieres Romanae per Herculem..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Latinam studebant nec alienis egere institutis fatebantur: inde "Castorem" media syllaba producta pronuntiarunt, quia hoc omnibus nostris nominibus..." - P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Praesidet sacerdos muliebri ornatu, sed deos interpretatione Romana Castorem Pollucemque memorant. Ea vis numini, nomen Alcis. Nulla simulacra..."