complexibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →complexus, complexus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surrounding, encompassing, encircling; clasp, grasp, hold, embrace; inclusion;; sexual intercourse (w/Venerius/femineus); hand-to-hand fighting; stranglehold;
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...zelotypae retegantur scrinia moechae! sed iacet in serui complexibus aut equitis. dic, dic aliquem sodes hic, Quintiliane, colorem..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...sedet, cenaturit Vacerra, non cacaturit. LXXVIII Utere femineis complexibus, utere, Victor, ignotumque sibi mentula discat opus. Flammea texuntur..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...amata corpora et in eorum quos occiderant iacuere complexibus; auaritiam, durissimum malum minimeque flexibile, ira calcauit, adactam opes..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...redii, osculisque tandem bona fide exactis alligo artissimis complexibus puerum, fruorque votis usque ad invidiam felicibus. Nec adhuc..."XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...filium conscientia; parcent osculis palam, abstinebunt coram patre complexibus, omnis familiaritas substringetur in publico, sermones, occursus coram servulis..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...potiare sepulcro.' tales optatis regum in complexibus ambo, par insigne animis, Aetolus et inclutus Arcas, egregias efflant animas..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...dente sues, sic hispida turpes proelia uillosis ineunt complexibus ursi. uis eadem Oenidae; nec sole aut puluere fessa..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...miserae nunc robora siluae atterit et uastas tenuat complexibus ornos; saepe super fluuios geminae iacet aggere ripae continuus..."