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..."- G
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..."