cavernam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caverna, cavernae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow/grotto/cavern/cave/crevice/hole; burrow/den; cavity (tooth); hold (ship);; aperture; orifice (body); interior (Trojan horse); celestial sphere; "depths";
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...campos repentini maris inundatio abscondet aut in subitam cavernam considentis soli lapsus abducet. Quid est ergo quare indigner..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...Aper Aquila in sublimi quercu nidum fecerat;feles, cavernam nancta in media, pepererat;sus nemoris cultrix fetum..."