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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."