curvamine
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvamen, curvaminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
curvature, curve/bend, bending; curved form/outline; arc (of the sky); vaulting;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...totum temperat aequor.' dixit et haesurum clipei curvamine telum misit in Aeaciden, quod et aes et proxima rupit..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...induitur velamina mille colorum Iris et arquato caelum curvamine signans tecta petit iussi sub nube latentia regis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ceris alligat imas atque ita conpositas parvo curvamine flectit, ut veras imitetur aves. puer Icarus una stabat..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...perspicit et placitas partim radice revellit, partim succidit curvamine falcis aenae. multa quoque Apidani placuerunt gramina ripis, multa..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...imbre solent percussis solibus arcus inficere ingenti longum curvamine caelum; in quo diversi niteant cum mille colores, transitus..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iaculum quoque vicit eadem, quod medio lentae spinae curvamine fixum constitit et totum descendit in ilia ferrum. ille..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quinque per arcus! sectus in obliquum est lato curvamine limes, zonarumque trium contentus fine polumque effugit australem iunctamque..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...propius, illa latius utitur; haec unum sinum molli curvamine amplectitur, illa editissimo dorso duos dirimit; illic recta gestatio..."