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
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..."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..."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..."