chaldaei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Chaldaeus, Chaldaea, Chaldaeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Chaldaen, of/concerning Chaldaens; of their soothsayers/astrologers/astronomers;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →Chaldaeus, Chaldaei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Chaldaen, people of south Assyria; their soothsayers/astrologers/astronomers;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...DECIMI I. Dissertatio Favorini philosophi adversus eos, qui Chaldaei appellantur et ex coetu motibusque siderum et stellarum fata..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...nascuntur. Pericula quoque vitae fortunarumque hominum, quae "climacteras" Chaldaei appellant, gravissimos quosque fieri affirmat septenarios. Praeter hoc modum..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...catelli interdum et pueri; faciet quod deferat ipse. Chaldaeis sed maior erit fiducia: quidquid dixerit astrologus, credent..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...cometas in numero stellarum errantium poni a Chaldaeis tenerique cursus eorum. Epigenes contra ait Chaldaeos nihil de cometis..." - G
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...horam etiam, nec non et genus mortis. Adulescentulo Chaldaei cuncta praedixerant; pater quoque super cenam quondam fungis abstinentem..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...crediderat Agrippina contempseratque. nam consulenti super Nerone responderunt Chaldaei fore ut imperaret matremque occideret; atque illa "occidat" inquit..."