hibiscos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hibiscus, hibisci:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
marsh mallow; (Althea officinalis); (shrubby herb, grows near salt marshes);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- P
Ecloga X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...cecinisse poetam, dum sedet et gracili fiscellam texit hibisco, Pierides: uos haec facietis maxima Gallo, Gallo, cuius amor..." - P
Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...casas et figere cervos haedorumque gregem viridi compellere hibisco! mecum una in silvis imitabere Pana canendo. Pan primum..."