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..."FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pretioso stamine ludis. Planta decens modicos nescit calcare lapillos, Et dura laedi scelus est vestigia terra: Ipsa tuos..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...peracto carmine ter me iussit expuere terque lapillos conicere in sinum, quos ipsa praecantatos purpura involuerat, admotisque manibus..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."