cumuli
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cumulus, cumuli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
heap/pile/mound/aggregate/mass/accumulation; wave (water); surplus, increase;; finishing touch, consummation, pinnacle, summit, peak, crown; ending of speech;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...feralibus aruishaerentis oculos. cernit propulsa cruoreflumina et excelsos cumulis aequantia colles 790corpora, sidentis in tabem spectat aceruoset Magni..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plurimum erat laboris. ibi quaerenti praetori, quia nusquam cumuli apparebant, quo regesta e fossa terra foret, monstrati sunt..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanis in uincula datis, segregata ex hostium coaceruatorum cumulis corpora suorum cum sepeliri iussisset, Flamini quoque corpus funeris..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Consulis corpus eo die, quia obrutum superstratis Gallorum cumulis erat, inveniri non potuit; postero die inventum relatumque..."