fornicent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fornico, fornicare, fornicavi, fornicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Religion
fornicate; commit fornication/whoredom; prostitute/devote to unworthy use (Def);
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ille testarum crepitus cum uerbis, nudum olido stans fornice mancipium quibus abstinet, ille fruatur uocibus obscenis omnique libidinis..."Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...sufficit, et sedeant hic lenonum pueri quocumque ex fornice nati, hic plaudat nitidus praeconis filius inter pinnirapi cultos..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...meretrix abigit testem ueloque seraque raraque Submemmi fornice rima patet. A Chione saltem uel ab Iade disce pudorem..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...humile seruile, inbecillum caducum, cuius statio ac domicilium fornices et popinae sunt. Virtutem in templo conuenies, in foro..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...pecuniam, cum in templis consecrauerint, uideant et in fornice. Nullo modo magis potest deus concupita traducere quam..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...latet arce viator aut amnis ripis aut alti fornice saxi, dum pluit in terris, ut possint sole reducto..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Cyclopum educta caminis moenia conspicio atque adverso fornice portas, haec ubi nos praecepta iubent deponere dona.' dixerat..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...instita veste, contra alius nullam nisi olenti in fornice stantem. quidam notus homo cum exiret fornice, 'macte virtute..."