grue
Dictionary entries
- Entry →grus, gruis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
- Field:
- Technical
crane (machine);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →gruis, gruis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
crane; large bird; siege engine;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →grus, gruis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
crane; large bird; siege engine;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...710Strymona sic gelidum bruma pellente relinquuntpoturae te, Nile, grues, primoque uolatueffingunt uarias casu monstrante figuras;mox, ubi percussit..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...nobis memoriae est: pavus e Samo, Phrygia attagena, grues Melicae, haedus ex Ambracia, pelamys Chalcedonia, muraena Tartesia, aselli..."Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...raptusque per aera curuis unguibus a saeua fertur grue. si uideas hoc gentibus in nostris, risu quatiare..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...templa Tonantis. Miraris? Nondum fecerat illa deus. LXXV. Grues. Turbabis versus nec littera tota volabit, unam perdideris..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quod Heliadum pollice trita notet; quod pinna scribente grues ad sidera tollant; quod decet in sola Caesaris esse..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sedatis requierunt pectora curis: ceu patrio super alta grues Aquilone fugatae cum uidere Pharon; tunc aethera latius implent..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...iuvat quid Phasidis ales distet ab hiberna Rhodopes grue, quis magis anser exta ferat, cur Tuscus aper generosior..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ridet Mars pater et cruenta Virtus, casuraeque vagis grues rapinis mirantur pugiles ferociores. Iam noctis propioribus sub umbris..."