falcatae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →falcatus, falcata, falcatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
armed with scythes; sickle-shaped, curved, hooked;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...habuit truncoque repandus in undas corpore desiluit: falcata novissima cauda est, qualia dividuae sinuantur cornua lunae. undique dant..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...trepidatio magnum terrorem attulit nostris. Nondum ordinibus instructis falcatae regiae quadrigae permixtos milites perturbant; quae tamen celeriter multitudine..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erant Phrygibus et Lydis immixti. ante hunc equitatum falcatae quadrigae et cameli, quos appellant dromadas. his insidebant Arabes..."