cornu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cornus, cornus:
Feminine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cornel-cherry-tree (Cornus mas); cornel wood; javelin (of cornel wood);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →cornu, cornus:
Neuter · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top;
abl. sg.acc. sg.dat. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...atque cave sis a cornu. TOX. Quid iam? SAG. Quia boves bini hic sunt in crumina. TOX. Emitte..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...manum. MERC. Quo ambulas tu, qui Volcanum in cornu conclusum geris? SOS. Quid id exquiris tu, qui pugnis..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...manus? tum stridulus aer 475elisus lituis conceptaque classica cornu,tunc ausae dare signa tubae, tunc aethera tenditextremique fragor..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...puros exesa recessus,nec duxit recto tenuata cacumina cornu,uentorumque notam rubuit; tum lurida pallensora tulit uoltu..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Libraetemporibus uicere dies, tum sole relictoCynthia, quo primum cornu dubitanda refulsit, 60exclusit Borean flammasque accepit in Euro.ille..."Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...pastas age, Tityre, et inter agendum occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto. XII. Et quoniam de transferendis sententiis..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...multitudine adversariorum sui superarentur, ipse, quo cornu rem gessit, fuit superior. Antiocho fugato verens, ne dederetur, quod sine..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec allatast mi opportune epistula. nam haec allata cornu copiaest, ubi inest quidquid volo: hic doli, hic fallaciae..."