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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..."