fornici
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fornix, fornicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
arch, vault, vaulted opening; monument arch; brothel, cellar for prostitution;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ualet halitus oris, quod steterat multis in carcere fornicis annis. ut uigeant sensus animi, ducenda tamen sunt funera..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...papilionibus molesti. Quaeras, censeo, si legi laboras, Nigri fornicis ebrium poetam, Qui carbone rudi putrique creta Scribit carmina..."