convallis
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.);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...distinguens inter plaga currere posset per tumulos et convallis camposque profusa; ut nunc esse vides vario distincta lepore..." - G
de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...incendit Pompeius et trans flumen Salsum per convallis castra inter duo oppida Ateguam et Ucubim in monte constituit..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...propiore loco fuerat, eo celerius occurrerat. Erat convallis satis magna latitudine, altitudine praerupta, crebris locis speluncae in modum..."