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..."- G
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..."