curve
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvus, curva, curvum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
curved/bent/arched; crooked; morally wrong; stooped/bowed; winding; w/many bends
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...omni. devolat inde furens nec quo via curve profecti nec genus ante rogat, sed tali protonat ira: 'incipite..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...coerceat undas Cecropio stagnata luto, cur invida Memphis, , curve Therapnaei lasciviat ora Canopi, cur servet Pharias Lethaeus ianitor..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...enim posteris amplior honor, quam maioribus, haberetur? curve non retro quoque recurreret aequitas eadem? Tu quidem, Caesar, illam..."