chasmata
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chasma, chasmatis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
chasm/fissure/opening in earth, abyss; supposed meteoric phenomenon;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...donec corruerunt nullo occurrente quod onus exciperet; tunc chasmata, tunc hiatus uasti aperiuntur aut, cum diu dubitauerunt, super..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...similis uel fertur uel uno loco flagrat; sunt chasmata, cum aliquod spatium caeli desedit et flammam uelut dehiscens..."