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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."