convallibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convallis, convallis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
valley (much shut in), ravine, deep/narrow/enclosed valley, glen; (also pl.);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...spatiosa volumina monstri, qualis ubi a gelidi Boreas convallibus Hebri tollitur et volucres Rhipaea per ardua nubes praecipitat..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sacer; hunc tegit omnis lucus et obscuris claudunt convallibus umbrae. sed non ante datur telluris operta subire auricomos..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...atque equitibus praemissis neque opinantes insidiatores subito in convallibus latentes [ex] levi armatura concidit circiter D, reliquos..."