descriptionibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →descriptio, descriptionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
description/descriptive story; drawing of diagram/plan; indictment; transcript;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...etiam motu celeres sumus, [ut] in locis ac descriptionibus fusi ac fluentes, in epilogis plerumque deiecti et infracti..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...indicare satis uideretur?), neque rursus sinuosa et arcessitis descriptionibus, in quas plerique imitatione poeticae licentiae ducuntur, lasciuiat. Vitium..."