dirae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dira, dirae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
curses, imprecations (pl.); bad omens, presages of evil; The Furies; Harpies;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →dirus, dira -um, dirior -or -us, dirissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
awful/dire/dreadful (omen); ominous/frightful/terrible/horrible; skillful (L+S);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ueritus se credere regnis abstinuit tellure rates. sed dira satelles regis dona ferens medium prouectus in aequor colla..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...somnos,castrorum uigiles, nullas tuba uerberet aures. 25crastina dira quies et imagine maesta diurnaundique funestas acies feret, undique..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...aduexerat herbas.inpia tot populis, tot surdas gentibus aurescaelicolum dirae conuertunt carmina gentis.una per aetherios exit uox illa recessus..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...causa pugnantibus aequa 230et ueniam sperare licet. pro dira pudorisfunera! nunc toto fatorum ignarus in orbe,Magne, paras..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...externa in proelia dextras.at, si funestas acies, si dira paratisproelia discordes, lacrimas ciuilibus armissecretumque damus. tractentur uolnera nullasacra..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sollicitis uisum mortalibus addere curam, 5noscant uenturas ut dira per omina clades? siue parens rerum, cum primum informia..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...semine fitque voluntas eicere id quo se contendit dira lubido, [incitat inritans loca turgida semine multo] idque petit..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...primum terras Pompei colla secutusattigit et diras calcauit Caesar harenas,pugnauit fortuna ducis fatumque nocentisAegypti, regnum Lagi Romana..."