harundinis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →harundo, harundinis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
reed, cane, fishing rod, limed twigs for catching birds; arrow shaft; pipe;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rotat quam lenta uolarent, quam segnis Scythicae strideret harundinis aer. quid prodest miseri basiliscus cuspide Murri transactus? uelox..." - D
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...gladium contumque timebis et mota ad lunam trepidabis harundinis umbra: cantabit uacuus coram latrone uiator. prima fere uota..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pendentia parvo aera cibo celas, moderator harundinis," inquit "sic mare conpositum, sic sit tibi piscis in unda credulus..."