curvatura
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvatura, curvaturae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
curve/bend, curved shape/outline/part; rounding (L+S); vault/arched ceiling;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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. sg. fut. act. part.acc. pl. fut. act. part.nom. sg. fut. act. part.nom. pl. fut. act. part.voc. sg. fut. act. part.voc. pl. fut. act. part.
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aspice: Aureus axis erat, temo aureus, aurea summae curvatura rotae, radiorum argenteus ordo. Denique quod optimum videri volunt..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...desimus. 'Democritus' inquit 'invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum curvatura paulatim inclinatorum medio saxo alligaretur.' Hoc dicam falsum esse..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...currus. aureus axis erat, temo aureus, aurea summae curvatura rotae, radiorum argenteus ordo; per iuga chrysolithi positaeque..."
