faces
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fax, facis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Field:
- Poetry
torch, firebrand, fire; flame of love; torment;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...potestas? iam mare turbari trabibus saevasque videbis conlucere faces, iam fervere litora flammis, si te his attigerit terris..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Cassandrae per somnum vatis imago ardentis dare visa faces: "hic quaerite Troiam; hic domus est" inquit "vobis..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...omnipotens densa inter nubila telum contorsit, non ille faces nec fumea taedis lumina, praecipitemque immani turbine adegit..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dotabere, virgo, et Bellona manet te pronuba. nec face tantum Cisseis praegnas ignis enixa iugalis; quin idem Veneri..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Pilumnus avus, cui diva Venilia mater: quid face Troianos atra vim ferre Latinis, arva aliena iugo premere atque..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...portas ruere et de more vetusto funereas rapuere faces; lucet via longo ordine flammarum et late discriminat agros..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...caput, o cives, haec belli summa nefandi. ferte faces propere foedusque reposcite flammis.' dixerat, atque animis pariter certantibus..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...coorta est seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus, iamque faces et saxa volant—furor arma ministrat; tum, pietate gravem..."