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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."