cratem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cratis, cratis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
wickerwork; bundle of brush, fascine; framework, network, lattice; bush-harrow;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...postquam uirtus incerta uirorumperpetuam rupit defesso milite cratem 485singula continuis cesserunt ictibus arma.tunc adoperta leui procedit uinea terra..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inpenetrabilia ventis sunt? Quid ergo? non quilibet virgeam cratem texuerunt manu et vili obliverunt luto, deinde [de] stipula..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Lemni puppes tenui contexere canna ausus et inducto cratem defendere tergo laeta mari tum signa refert plenasque movebant..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lacerto fraxineam misit contentis viribus hastam, quae laterum cratem praerupit et ossibus haerens intremuit: trahit ille manu sine..."