curvate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvatus, curvata, curvatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
curved, bent; crooked; swelling;
voc. sg. (m.) - 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;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- L
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...respondeant. Lege Ciceronem: compositio eius una est, pedem curvat lenta et sine infamia mollis. At contra Pollionis Asinii..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iterque non agit in rectum, sed in orbem curvat eundem: ut volucris visis rapidissima miluus extis, dum timet..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...conviva reponet. Umber et iligna nutritus glande rotundas curvat aper lances carnem vitantis inertem; nam Laurens malus..."
