lapidariae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lapidarius, lapidaria, lapidarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/concerning stone-cutting/quarrying; [litterae ~ => block capital letters];
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...crassas capiat compedes. inde ibis porro in latomias lapidarias. ibi quom alii octonos lapides effodiunt, nisi cotidiano sesquiopus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...didici geometrias, critica et alogas naenias, sed lapidarias litteras scio, partes centum dico ad aes, ad pondus..."