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..."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..."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..."