corusco
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coruscum, corusci:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Science
lightening;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →coruscus, corusca, coruscum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
vibrating/waving/tremulous/shaking; flashing, twinkling; brilliant (L+S);
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →corusco, coruscare, coruscavi, coruscatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brandish/shake/quiver; flash/glitter, emit/reflect intermittent/quivering light;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...propior terrae succenditur aer, imaque telluris uentos tractusque coruscos 270flammarum accipiunt; nubes excedit Olympus. lege deum minimas rerum..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...posse videtur efficere usque adeo pollens fervore corusco. tanto mobilior vis et dominantior haec est. Nunc..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ducitur orbis.' [CXXII] "Vixdum finierat, cum fulgure rupta corusco intremuit nubes elisosque abscidit ignes. Subsedit pater umbrarum, gremioque..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ordine gentes dantque ratem fluvio. simul aethere plena corusco Pallas et alipedum Iuno iuga sistit equorum..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...precor, exorate parentem.' sic ait, insignemque animam mucrone corusco dedignantem artus pridem maestamque teneri arripit atque uno quaesitam..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...laxauit casside uultus; itque per Aonios alte mucrone corusco suspensam ostentans galeam et clamore superbit: 'hic ferus Hippomedon..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quonam usque nocentum exigar in poenas? taedet saeuire corusco fulmine, iam pridem Cyclopum operosa fatiscunt bracchia et Aeoliis..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cucurrit, non secus atque olim tonitru cum rupta corusco ignea rima micans percurrit lumine nimbos; sensit laeta dolis..."
