cortina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cortina, cortinae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cauldron, (of Delphi oracle), kettle; water-organ; vault/arch; curtain (L+S);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...mone, si Cumaeae mihi conscia vatis stat casta cortina domo, si laurea digna fronte viret, tuque o pelagi..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...promissa fides est?' ille autem: 'neque te Phoebi cortina fefellit, dux Anchisiade, nec me deus aequore mersit. namque..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...totusque moveri mons circum et mugire adytis cortina reclusis. summissi petimus terram et vox fertur ad auris: 'Dardanidae..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...hercule pervulgatis iam omnibus, cum vix in cortina quisquam adsistat, quin elementis studiorum, etsi non instructus, at certe..."