grandaevus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →grandaevus, grandaeva, grandaevum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of great age, old;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fortis Achati, et qua vectus Abas, et qua grandaevus Aletes, vicit hiems; laxis laterum compagibus omnes accipiunt inimicum..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...revisit Pallenen, hunc et Nymphae veneramur et ipse grandaevus Nereus; novit namque omnia vates, quae sint, quae fuerint..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Clymeni, Prothoenora percutit Hypseus, Hypsea Lyncides. fuit et grandaevus in illis Emathion, aequi cultor timidusque deorum, qui, quoniam..."