convexae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convexus, convexa, convexum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
arching/arched, vaulted, convex; well-rounded; [~ in => set in a curve round];; inclined, sloping downwards; concave;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...animos tamen omine tollit. tum breviter supera aspectans convexa precatur: 'alma parens Idaea deum, cui Dindyma cordi turrigeraeque..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...talis sese halitus atris faucibus effundens supera ad convexa ferebat. [unde locum Grai dixerunt nomine Aornum.] quattuor..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...infelix fatis exterrita Dido mortem orat; taedet caeli convexa tueri. quo magis inceptum peragat lucemque relinquat, vidit, turicremis..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet, semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cavis elisi nubibus ignes; idem ego, cum subii convexa foramina terrae supposuique ferox imis mea terga cavernis, sollicito..."