cervici
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cervix, cervicis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
neck (sg/pl.), nape; severed neck/head; cervix, neck (bladder/uterus/jar/land);
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...fuit eminenti, colore expallido, corpore enormi, gracilitate maxima cervicis et crurum, oculis et temporibus concavis, fronte lata..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dextro robusta repagula posti ossibus inlisit mediae cervicis, at ille procubuit terrae mactati more iuvenci. demere temptabat laevi..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...interrogante accusatore an cultus dotalis, an detractum cervici monile venum dedisset, quo pecuniam faciendis magicis sacris contraheret, primum..."