crustas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crusto, crustare, crustavi, crustatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
encrust/cover w/layer/coating/plaster; emboss/carve/decorate w/relief/embossing;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →crusta, crustae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rind/shell/peel/bark/crust, hard surface; scab; leaf/flake/thin slab (mineral);; cup holder, embossed work; inlay; plaster/stucco/mosaic work (L+S);
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vias quoniam persaepe videmus siccari mollisque luti concrescere crustas. Praeterea docui multum quoque tollere nubes umorem magno conceptum..."Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...bibebant Brutorum et Cassi natalibus. ipse capaces Heliadum crustas et inaequales berullo Virro tenet phialas: tibi non committitur..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...culti; non est ista solida et sincera felicitas: crusta est et quidem tenuis. Itaque dum illis licet stare..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...aurata laquearia nec radiantes marmore columnae nec graves crustae fecerint immemorem fragilitatis. multa saepe et locupletibus accidunt, saepe..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...lauit aequore currum. concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae, undaque iam tergo ferratos sustinet orbis, puppibus illa prius..."