crepuscula
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crepusculum, crepusculi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
twilight, dusk; darkness (L+S);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...promisere iubar, nec rarescentibus umbris longa repercusso nituere crepuscula Phoebo: densior a terris et nulli peruia flammae subtexit..."- P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...numina tradere suadent: dum dubitant, seram pepulere crepuscula lucem; umbraque telluris tenebras induxerat orbi, cum deus in somnis..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inhospita tecta tyranni ingredior, traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem. signa dedi venisse deum, vulgusque precari coeperat: inridet primo..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mollit sermone laborem. dumque iter horrendum per opaca crepuscula carpit, 'seu dea tu praesens, seu dis gratissima,' dixit..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adire potest: nebulae caligine mixtae exhalantur humo dubiaeque crepuscula lucis. non vigil ales ibi cristati cantibus oris evocat..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inhospita tecta tyranni ingredior, traherent cum sera crepuscula noctem. signa dedi venisse deum, vulgusque precari coeperat: inridet primo..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...fere silvae lumen habere solent, qualia sublucent fugiente crepuscula Phoebo, aut ubi nox abiit, nec tamen orta dies..."