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
- M
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..." - M
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..."
