fomites
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fomes, fomitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
chips of wood, etc for kindling/feeding a fire;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...referat caput.' haec ubi fatus, 775excitat inualidas admoto fomite flammas.carpitur et lentum Magnus destillat in ignemtabe fouens bustum..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...foliis, atque arida circum nutrimenta dedit, rapuitque in fomite flammam. Tum Cererem corruptam undis Cerealiaque arma expediunt fessi..."