cruris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crus, cruris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
leg; shank; shin; main stem of shrub, stock; upright support of a bridge;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ostenderem tibi pedem turgidum, lividam manum, aut contracti cruris aridos nervos, permitteres mihi uno loco iacere et fovere..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vindicta gaudens post lectum occisum anserem mitto, vulnusque cruris haud altum aceto diluo. Deinde convicium verens, abeundi formavi..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Perseus, dextra laevane feratur, Molpea traiecti submovit vulnere cruris contentusque fuga est; neque enim dat tempus Ethemon..."