cylindro
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cylindrus, cylindri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
cylinder; stone roller (for leveling the ground); gem cut in cylindrical form;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tertia lecto. tu nube atque tace: donant arcana cylindros. de nobis post haec tristis sententia fertur? dat ueniam..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...piget cognoscere curas. area cum primis ingenti aequanda cylindro et uertenda manu et creta solidanda tenaci, ne subeant..."
