curvatis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvatus, curvata, curvatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
curved, bent; crooked; swelling;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...fieri posse, "quia magna, inquit, navigia portubus se curvatis insinuant, nec tam cito fratrem defecisse veri simile erit..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Idem summo articulo utrimque leviter adprenso, duobus modice curvatis, minus tamen minimo, aptus ad disputandum est. Acrius tamen..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...atria circum intenti ludo exercent—ille actus habena curvatis fertur spatiis; stupet inscia supra impubesque manus mirata volubile..."
