femoris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →femur, femoris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
thigh (human/animal); flat vertical band on triglyph; [~ bubulum => plant];
gen. sg.
Examples
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...eripitur patrioque tener (si credere dignum est) insuitur femori maternaque tempora conplet. furtim illum primis Ino matertera cunis..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...candidiora nive, osculaque inseruit cupida luctantia lingua lascivum femori supposuitque femur, et mihi blanditias dixit dominumque vocavit..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...celant, illa mihi caeci causa timoris erunt. nec femori committe femur nec crure cohaere nec tenerum duro..."