conum
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. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...homo misericors ferre non potuit: caput aperuit, in conum invasit. O hominem nequam! - nihil enim magis proprie possum..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Dodonaeosque lebetas, loricam consertam hamis auroque trilicem, et conum insignis galeae cristasque comantis, arma Neoptolemi. sunt..."
