lauru
Dictionary entries
- Entry →laurus, laurus:
Feminine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
laurel/bay tree/foliage/sprig/branch (medicine/magic); triumph/victory; honor;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...vulgo dicitur "aurum coronarium". Haec antiquitus e lauru erant, post fieri ex auro coeptae. "Obsidionalis" est, quam..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...belli purpureum fundens Caesar ab ore iubar; hic lauru redimita comas et candida cultu Roma salutauit uoce manuque..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...gerens. releuemus artus.—En deos tandem suos uictrice lauru cinctus Agamemnon adit, et festa coniunx obuios illi tulit..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sullaturit" et "proscripturit"; atque "laureati postes" pro illo "lauru coronati" ex eadem fictione sunt, sed hoc feliciter evaluit..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...laetos molire triumphos et Paeana voca nitidaque incingere lauru! vincis enim, moriorque libens: age, ferrea, gaude! certe aliquid..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...propinquo aut amico interfectis, agere grates dies, ornare lauru domum, genua ipsius advolvi et dextram osculis fatigare. atque..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...auctores in theatrum attulerunt, Vitellio plausere; populus cum lauru ac floribus Galbae imagines circum templa tulit, congestis..."