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
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...fieri posse, "quia magna, inquit, navigia portubus se curvatis insinuant, nec tam cito fratrem defecisse veri simile erit..."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..."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..."
