indus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Indus, Inda, Indum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
Indian, from/of/belonging to India; of Indian ivory; [dens ~ => Indian ivory];
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →Indus, Indi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Indian, inhabitant of India; (applied to mahout/elephant driver);; Indus (river);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quaque ferens rapidum diuiso gurgite fontem 235uastis Indus aquis mixtum non sentit Hydaspen;quique bibunt tenera dulcis..."Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...porta Syenes et Mauri celeres et Mauro obscurior Indus, et quos deposuit Nabataeo belua saltu iam nimios capitique..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...habet divitis unda Tagi, Quidquid Erythraea niger invenit Indus in alga, Quidquid et in nidis unica servat avis..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Memphiticus urbe fututor nauigat, a rubris et niger Indus aquis; nec recutitorum fugis inguina Iudaeorum, nec te Sarmatico..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...noua, nil qua fuerat sede reliquit peruius orbis: Indus gelidum potat Araxen, Albin Persae Rhenumque bibunt++ uenient annis..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adest et protegit aegide fratrem datque animos. Erat Indus Athis, quem flumine Gange edita Limnaee vitreis peperisse..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...aures onerate lapillis, Quos legit in viridi decolor Indus aqua, Nec prodite graves insuto vestibus auro, Per quas..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imminens flumini Indo uentum est, cui fecerat nomen Indus ab elephanto deiectus. Haud procul a Cibyra aberant..."