contos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contus, conti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
long pole esp. used on ship); lance, pike;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...seruat durus senio nauita crudo, uix assiduo bracchia conto lassata refert, fessus turbam uectare nouam. Quin Taenarii uincula..." 
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...adhuc invadit inermem. impulit adverso praeceps equus Onchea conto nequiquam totis revocantem viribus armos in latus. accedit sonipes..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sordidus ex umeris nodo dependet amictus. ipse ratem conto subigit velisque ministrat et ferruginea subvectat corpora cumba..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...magno clamore morantur ferratasque trudes et acuta cuspide contos expediunt fractosque legunt in gurgite remos. at laetus Mnestheus..."