curvi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvum, curvi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
curve; curved object or line; that which is crooked/wrong (L+S); (morally);
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →curvus, curva, curvum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
curved/bent/arched; crooked; morally wrong; stooped/bowed; winding; w/many bends
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pastor et armentarius omnis et robustus item curvi moderator aratri languebat, penitusque casa contrusa iacebant corpora paupertate..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...volgivago vitam tractabant more ferarum. nec robustus erat curvi moderator aratri quisquam, nec scibat ferro molirier arva..."Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quaedam rectissima, cum in aquam demissa sunt, speciem curvi praefractique visentibus reddunt. Non tantum quid videas, sed quemadmodum..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tumido riget ardua fluctu, atque hac Europam curvis anfractibus urget, hac Asiam, Scythicum specie sinuatus in arcum. illic..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...distinctis stat porticus alta columnis, ne sorderet iter. curvi tu litoris ora, clausisti calidas gemina testudine nymphas..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...certamine tendit gramineum in campum, quem collibus undique curvis cingebant silvae, mediaque in valle theatri circus erat..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...rura colit nemo, mollescunt colla iuvencis, non humilis curvis purgatur vinea rastris, non glebam prono convellit vomere taurus..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...demum nec frugum munere dignus, qui potuit curvi dempto modo pondere aratri ruricolam mactare suum, qui trita labore..."