frutex
Dictionary entries
- Entry →frutex, fruticis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shrub, bush; shoot, stem, stalk, growth; "blockhead";
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...comes. TR. Nec veri simile loquere nec verum, frutex, comesse quemquam ut quisquam absentem possiet. GR. Tu urbanus..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...parat Phoebus diem, illius alta nocte succisus frutex; at huius ungue secta cantato seges. Mortifera carpit gramina..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coniunx" dixere simul, simul abdita texit ora frutex: ostendit adhuc Thyneius illic incola de gemino vicinos corpore truncos..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...mutilum, turpis sine gramine campus, Et sine fronde frutex, et sine crine caput. Non mihi venistis, Semele Ledeve..."