cespite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cespes, cespitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Agriculture
grassy ground, grass; earth; sod, turf; altar/rampart/mound of sod/turf/earth;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...incola terrae:'hic suetus dare iura parens, hoc cespite turmasadfari; vicis speculas castellaque++longe 145aspicis?++ille dedit cinxitque..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tantis calcaribus ilia late suffectura patent. vacuae pro cespite terrae aerea captivi crinem tegit ungula Rheni. hunc..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...Decora facies consulis: multa post secula tribunal viridi cespite exstructum, nec fascium tantum, sed pilorum signorumque honore circumdatum..."