clepsydras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →clepsydra, clepsydrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
water-clock; (used for timing speakers); time of one clock (20 minutes);
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...horis, Cinna, decem dicere uerba nouem? Sed modo clepsydras ingenti uoce petisti quattuor. O quantum, Cinna, tacere potes..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Catullo Lesbia: pauca cupit qui numerare potest. Septem clepsydras magna tibi uoce petenti arbiter inuitus, Caeciliane, dedit..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...increbruit passim et invaluit consuetudo binas vel singulas clepsydras, interdum etiam dimidias et dandi et petendi..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...iubere posset tacere quemcumque, huic silentium clepsydra indici, et quem interfari nefas esset, hunc etiam convicia audire..."