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