fax
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fax, facis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Field:
- Poetry
torch, firebrand, fire; flame of love; torment;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...boum placido magis aëre vivit nec nimis irai fax umquam subdita percit fumida, suffundens caecae caliginis umbra..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...taedas praeferat nouae nuptae: intrare in istum sola fax potest cunnum. Esse negas coctum leporem poscisque flagella. Mauis..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...morari ac stare nullo modo potest; nam et fax et fulmen et stella transcurrens et quisquis alius..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...conclamatum est; totiens praeter limen immaturas exsequias fax cereusque praecessit; saepe a latere ruentis aedificii fragor sonuit; multos..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...planxerunt sacros inter penates fratris et patrium larem. fax illa, quam secuta es, Augustae manu praelata clarum nomen..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...senibus iungit et gnatis patres funesta pestis, una fax thalamos cremat, fletuque acerbo funera et questu carent. quin..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sacrum sollemne damus, tibi de medio rapta sepulcro fax nocturnos sustulit ignes, tibi mota caput flexa uoces ceruice..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Magne, queri: nostros non rumpit funus amoresnec diri fax summa rogi, sed sorte frequentiplebeiaque nimis careo dimissa marito..."