columnarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →columnaris, columnaris, columnare:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
rising in form of a pillar, pillar-like, columnar; [~ lux => pillar of fire];
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →columna, columnae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
column/pillar (building/monument/pedestal/waterclock), post/prop; portico (pl.);; stanchion (press/ballista); water-spout; pillar of fire; penis (rude);
gen. pl. - Entry →columnar, columnaris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
marble quarry; stone quarry (L+S);
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aliquid habentes varietatis delectant, nos ingentium maculae columnarum, sive ex Aegyptiis harenis sive ex Africae solitudinibus advectae porticum..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...balnea libertinorum pervenero? Quantum statuarum, quantum columnarum est nihil sustinentium sed in ornamentum positarum impensae causa! quantum aquarum..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...reddit; poma per uitrum aspicientibus multo maiora sunt; columnarum interualla porticus longior iungit. [3,10] Ad ipsum solem..."
