electro
Dictionary entries
- Entry →electrum, electri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
electrum (alloy of gold and silver); amber; electron (Cal);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uigilare cohortem seruorum noctu Licinus iubet, attonitus pro electro signisque suis Phrygiaque columna atque ebore et lata testudine..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aspera plumis terga Cydonea gorytos harundine pulsat electro pallens et iaspide clarus Eoa. cornipedem trepidos suetum praeuertere ceruos..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...possum promittere curae, quod fieri ferro liquidove potest electro, quantum ignes animaeque valent, absiste precando viribus indubitare tuis..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...mouere animum, non qui per saxa uolutus purior electro campum petit amnis; at ima soluuntur latera, atque oculos..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...rebus; Crathis et huic Subaris nostris conterminus oris electro similes faciunt auroque capillos; quodque magis mirum est, sunt..."