ceruchi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ceruchus, ceruchi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
braces (pl.) (supporting yard-arms), ropes fastened to sail-yards;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cera tabulas, et tempore eodemtranstraque nautarum summique arsere ceruchi. 495iam prope semustae merguntur in aequora classes,iamque hostes..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...semper in altumsurget et instabit summis minor Vrsa ceruchis,Bosporon et Scythiae curuantem litora Pontumspectamus. quidquid descendet..."
