cavernis
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";
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...totius subcava montis est natura fere silicum suffulta cavernis. omnibus est porro in speluncis ventus et aeër. ventus..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...praeter navem velisque volamus. Sidera cessare aetheriis adfixa cavernis cuncta videntur, et adsiduo sunt omnia motu, quandoquidem longos..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tonant, validique incudibus ictus auditi referunt gemitus, striduntque cavernis stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat, Volcani domus..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...undae, penitusque exterrita tellus Italiae curvisque immugiit Aetna cavernis. at genus e silvis Cyclopum et montibus altis excitum..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...horrenda relatu) vis fera ventorum, caecis inclusa cavernis, exspirare aliqua cupiens luctataque frustra liberiore frui caelo, cum carcere..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...convexa foramina terrae supposuique ferox imis mea terga cavernis, sollicito manes totumque tremoribus orbem. hac ope debueram thalamos..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...misceat, undas. Delia rupit humum, caecisque ego mersa cavernis advehor Ortygiam, quae me cognomine divae grata meae superas..."