corymbos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →corymbus, corymbi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
cluster of ivy-berries/flowers/fruit; stern of a ship (pl.); nipple (L+S);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...necte coronam postibus et densos per limina tende corymbos. unus Hiberinae uir sufficit? ocius illud extorquebis, ut haec..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...laudibus carmen sonet. Chorvs Effusam redimite comam nutante corymbo, mollia Nysaeis armatus bracchia thyrsis, lucidum caeli decus..." - P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...torno facili superaddita vitis diffusos hedera vestit pallente corymbos. in medio duo signa, Conon et—quis fuit alter..."