circaeae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circaea, circaeae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
plant; (Vincetoxicum nigrum?); (used as a charm L+S);
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...285segnius haud uidit, quam malo nauta trementeomnia subducit Circaeae uela procellae;agminaque interius muro breuiore recepit,densius..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...luna negat, splendet tremulo sub lumine pontus. proxima Circaeae raduntur litora terrae, dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...alumnus Antiphataeque domus Trachasque obsessa palude et tellus Circaea et spissi litoris Antium. huc ubi veliferam nautae advertere..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Eurylochumque simul nimiique Elpenora vini bisque novem socios Circaea ad moenia misit. quae simul attigimus stetimusque in limine..."