femorum
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. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sanie, surae fluxere, sine ullo tegmine poples erat, femorum quoque musculus omnis liquitur, et nigra destillant inguina tabe..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quos fugit, attrahit una et corpus quaerens femorum crurumque pedumque Cerbereos rictus pro partibus invenit illis: statque canum..."
