lapillos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lapillus, lapilli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
little stone, pebble; precious stone, gem, jewel;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mollior Phalantini, concha Lucrini delicatior stagni, cui nec lapillos praeferas Erythraeos nec modo politum pecudis Indicae dentem niuesque..."- G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pretioso stamine ludis. Planta decens modicos nescit calcare lapillos, Et dura laedi scelus est vestigia terra: Ipsa tuos..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...peracto carmine ter me iussit expuere terque lapillos conicere in sinum, quos ipsa praecantatos purpura involuerat, admotisque manibus..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...similes. XXI. Finditur etiam spiritus obiectu aliquo, sicut lapillo tenues aquae, quarum impetus etiam si ultra paulum coit..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...moenibus urbis aquantur, excursusque breves temptant et saepe lapillos, ut cumbae instabiles fluctu iactante saburram, tollunt, his sese..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ater in urnam: quae simul effudit numerandos versa lapillos, omnibus e nigro color est mutatus in album, candidaque..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...modo grata puellis munera fert illi conchas teretesque lapillos et parvas volucres et flores mille colorum liliaque pictasque..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ascendere filia Nisi et petere exiguo resonantia saxa lapillo, tum cum pax esset; bello quoque saepe solebat spectare..."