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
- M
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..." - M
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..."