cupressus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cupressus, cupressi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
cypress-tree; cypress oil/wood, cypress-wood casket, spear of cypress-wood;
nom. sg. - Entry →cupressus, cupressus:
Feminine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
cypress-tree; cypress oil/wood, cypress-wood casket, spear of cypress-wood;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ramos arbor aut ferro coli, sed taxus et cupressus et nigra ilice obscura nutat silua, quam supra eminens..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...lucus ilicibus niger Dircaea circa uallis inriguae loca. cupressus altis exerens siluis caput uirente semper alligat trunco nemus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...platanus diffuderat umbras et bacis redimita Daphne tremulaeque cupressus et circum tonsae trepidanti vertice pinus. Has inter ludebat..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...ipsos accumbentis pedes cervicemque summisit. Arbor quoque cupressus in agro avito sine ulla vi tempestatis evulsa radicitus atque..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...habet proprium, ut arbor pinus et olea et cupressus, et ipsius per se nulla proprietas, allegoria vero habet..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...corde reliquit. fulminis haud citius radiis adflata cupressus combibit infestas et stirpe et uertice flammas, quam iuuenis multo..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aues; cadit ardua fagus Chaoniumque nemus brumaeque inlaesa cupressus, procumbunt piceae, flammis alimenta supremis, ornique iliceaeque trabes metuendaque..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...missilis illi cuspide praefixa stat frondibus orba cupressus. huic parere dati, quos fertilis Amphigenia planaque Messene montosaque nutrit..."