cerastas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cerastes, cerastae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
horned snake (Cerastes cornulus); insect parasitic on figs; horned men of Crete;
acc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...exustis atque indiscretus harenis hammodytes, spinaque uagi torquente cerastae, et scytale sparsis etiamnunc sola pruinis exuuias positura suas..." 
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...reiecta caerula parma fugit et innumeri galeam rupere cerastae. aspicit infelix discussa nube quietos Inachidas currumque nihil metuentis..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...stetit aspera Gorgon crinibus emissis rectique ante ora cerastae uelauere deam; fugit auersata iacentem, nec prius astra subit..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mergere suetae ora et anhelantes poto Phlegethonte cerastas, seu Thracum uertere domos, seu tecta Mycenes impia Cadmeumue larem..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cognataue Tartara mauult. centum illi stantes umbrabant ora cerastae, turba minor diri capitis; sedet intus abactis ferrea..."- P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aspera cornu frons erat, unde etiam nomen traxere Cerastae. ante fores horum stabat Iovis Hospitis ara; ignarus sceleris..."