curvas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvus, curva, curvum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
curved/bent/arched; crooked; morally wrong; stooped/bowed; winding; w/many bends
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →curvo, curvare, curvavi, curvatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bend/arch, make curved/bent; form a curve; make stoop/bow/yield; influence;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...latro rogat; res est imperiosa timor: sed fuerit curva cum tuta novacula theca, frangam tonsori crura manusque simul..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...valle brevi quas det sitientibus hortis curva laboratas antlia tollit aquas: sicca domus queritur nullo se rore foveri..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...Quia Romae' inquis 'mures molas lingunt.' Hic nobis curva corrigit? quid in cubiculo suo faciat, nescio..."VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...visum oculi dederunt, ad piratas e puppe prospecto. curva litora et emensum sideribus fretum et turritos rupium scopulos..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ipse recollectis audax Ariasmenus armis desilit. illum acies curvae secat undique falcis partiturque rotis atque inde furentia raptus..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...revulsam terga super fulvi porrexerat horrida monstri litora curva petens; alio nam calle reversum credit Hylan captaque dapes..."Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...campus equos: vidisse putant Dolopeia busta intrantemque Amyron curvas quaesita per oras aequora, flumineo cuius redeuntia vento vela..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tribunicium cingere digna latus. XXXIII Pugio. Pugio, quem curva signat brevis orbita vena. Stridentem gelidis hunc Salo tinxit..."