cirri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cirrus, cirri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
curl/ringlet, curly lock; tuft (on bird head), oyster's beard/tentacles; fringe;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...moti redeunt iubente vento Reddunturque sibi caputque nudum Cirris grandibus hinc et inde cingunt: Inter Spendophorum Telesphorumque Cydae..."- G
Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...atriensibus,cui tunica ab umeris linteo Pelusioerat destricta, cirris dependentibus,perambulante laeta domino viridia,alveolo coepit ligneo conspargerehumum..."