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
- T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...atque cave sis a cornu. TOX. Quid iam? SAG. Quia boves bini hic sunt in crumina. TOX. Emitte..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...manum. MERC. Quo ambulas tu, qui Volcanum in cornu conclusum geris? SOS. Quid id exquiris tu, qui pugnis..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...pastas age, Tityre, et inter agendum occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto. XII. Et quoniam de transferendis sententiis..." - C
Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...multitudine adversariorum sui superarentur, ipse, quo cornu rem gessit, fuit superior. Antiocho fugato verens, ne dederetur, quod sine..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec allatast mi opportune epistula. nam haec allata cornu copiaest, ubi inest quidquid volo: hic doli, hic fallaciae..."