cavernas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caverno, cavernare, cavernavi, cavernatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
make hollow;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - 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. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...omnis Acherunta reamur liquisse et magnas caeli complesse cavernas, Æusque adeo tetra nimborum nocte coorta inpendent atrae formidinis..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...omnis Acherunta rearis liquisse et magnas caeli complesse cavernas. usque adeo taetra nimborum nocte coorta inpendent atrae Formidinis..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...magnis multisque coortis disiactare solet magnum mare transtra cavernas antemnas prorem malos tonsasque natantis, per terrarum omnis oras..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...detecta apparuit ingens regia, et umbrosae penitus patuere cavernae, non secus ac si qua penitus vi terra dehiscens..." - P
Aeneid II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...virum sortiti corpora furtim includunt caeco lateri penitusque cavernas ingentis uterumque armato milite complent. est in conspectu Tenedos..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vias, quotiensque movetur, has finire potest, illas aperire cavernas; sive leves imis venti cohibentur in antris saxaque..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mihi pervia tellus praebet iter, subterque imas ablata cavernas hic caput attollo desuetaque sidera cerno. ergo dum Stygio..."