cimex
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cimex, cimicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bed-bug (Cimex lectularius); bug (L+S);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nullo qui tepet igne focus, et teges et cimex et nudi sponda grabati, et brevis atque eadem nocte..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Furi cui neque servus est neque arca nec cimex neque araneus neque ignis, verum est et pater..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...audax, contemptis aliis, explosa Arbuscula dixit. men moveat cimex Pantilius aut cruciet quod vellicet absentem Demetrius aut quod..."
