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