concavae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →concavus, concava, concavum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow/hollowed out; concave/curving inward; arched; bent/curved; sunken (eyes);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...percoxerat igni, manabat venis ferventibus in loca terrae concava conveniens argenti rivus et auri, aeris item et plumbi..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...edant. tympana tenta tonant palmis et cymbala circum concava, raucisonoque minantur cornua cantu, et Phrygio stimulat numero cava..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illisae manus umeris, quae prout plana pervenit aut concava, ita sonum mutat. Si vero pilicrepus supervenit et numerare..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atque animos accinge futuris. illic pestiferas subter iuga concava torquet alter aquas Acheron vastoque exundat hiatu fumeus..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...metu per litora passim diffugiunt, silvasque et sicubi concava furtim saxa petunt; piget incepti lucisque, suosque mutatae agnoscunt..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...paludi, aut ubi odor caeni gravis aut ubi concava pulsu saxa sonant vocisque offensa resultat imago. Quod superest..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...laborant. pressus humo bellator equus crabronis origo est; concava litoreo si demas bracchia cancro, cetera supponas terrae..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...capistris. Aestus erat mediusque dies, solisque vapore concava litorei fervebant bracchia Cancri: fessus in herbosa posuit sua corpora..."