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
- T
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..." - T
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."