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..."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..."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..."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..."