fetibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fetus, fetus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
offspring/young (animals); children (of a parent); brood/litter;; fetus/fetus, young while still in the womb; embryo (Cal);; birth/bringing forth young; laying (egg); bearing young, breeding; conception;; fruit of plant; produce/crop; offshoot/branch/sucker/sapling; bearing fruit;
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...hinc illinc grauidis frondibus incubat et curuata suis fetibus ac tremens alludit patulis arbor hiatibus. haec, quamuis auidus..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...simile quiddam facientes aues cernimus, quae teneris infirmisque fetibus cibos ore suo conlatos partiuntur: at cum uisi sunt..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...senex, quod agerem: iuvabat aut lenta vimina vernis fetibus texere vel, ne aestivus ardor aut hiberna vis gravidam..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uocis, iam mentis inops. sic aspera tigris fetibus abreptis Scythico deserta sub antro accubat et tepidi lambit uestigia..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...immundum iactare per agros. sic quoque mutatis requiescunt fetibus arua, nec nulla interea est inaratae gratia terrae. saepe..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vetus illa aetas, cui fecimus aurea nomen, fetibus arboreis et, quas humus educat, herbis fortunata fuit nec polluit..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vapor umidus omnes res creat, et discors concordia fetibus apta est. ergo ubi diluvio tellus lutulenta recenti solibus..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...metaque erat longe: tum denique de tribus unum fetibus arboreis proles Neptunia misit. obstipuit virgo nitidique cupidine pomi..."