convexum
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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →convexum, convexi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
arch, vault; dome; dome of the sky; concavity (L+S); (usu. pl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...suprema et universa circuitu suo cingit, hoc omne convexum intra quod iacent maria cum terris, intra quod..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...voce tamen noscar; vocem mihi fata relinquent.' Talia convexum per iter memorante Sibylla sedibus Euboicam Stygiis emergit..."
