femine
Dictionary entries
- Entry →femen, feminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
thigh (human/animal); flat vertical band on triglyph; [~ bubulum => plant];
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →feminus, femina, feminum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
female;
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...credo evocaturust foras; ecce avortit: nixus laevo in femine habet laevam manum, dextera digitis rationem computat, ferit femur..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...interrogaverat an cicatricem haberet, cum ille ingentem in femine ostendisset, "latus" inquit "oportuit". Contumeliis quoque uti belle datur..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ensem Aeneas viso Tyrrheni sanguine laetus eripit a femine et trepidanti fervidus instat. ingemuit cari graviter genitoris amore..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sensim referentes, ordines et tenorem pugnae seruabant: postquam femine transfixo cadentem auferrique ex proelio prope exsanguem uidere, extemplo..."
