cumarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cuma, cumae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
spring shoots of cabbage/similar; hollow sphere (L+S); spherical layer, stratum;
gen. pl.
Examples
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fatur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas et tandem Euboicis Cumarum adlabitur oris. obvertunt pelago proras; tum dente tenaci ancora..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Aeolidae tumulum et, loca feta palustribus ulvis, litora Cumarum vivacisque antra Sibyllae intrat et, ut manes adeat..."