conos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conus, coni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
cone, conical figure/shape; apex of helmet; form of sundial; pine cone; tenpin;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vittataque frontem cassis et in summo laurus Peneia cono. quin etiam Herculeo consurgit ab ordine Tydeus Nelidesque Periclymenus..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uaginaeque sonum tremulumque audire pharetrae murmur et a cono missas in terga catenas; interdum cristas hilaris iactare comantes..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...manicas, ne coniuge uilior iret, presserat et mixtum cono crispauerat aurum. talibus (heu!) fidens uocat ultro in proelia..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ferre sitim Python amnemque auertere ponto: omnibus inmixtas cono super aspice laurus armaque uel Tityon uel Delon habentia..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...galeis iuuat oscula clausis inserere amplexuque truces deducere conos. illi, quis ferrum modo, quis mors ipsa placebat, dant..."- P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...acies adparuit hastae, tegmina mox capitum picto nutantia cono, mox umeri pectusque onerataque bracchia telis exsistunt, crescitque seges..."