letiferos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →letifer, letifera, letiferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
deadly; fatal;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...innoxia numina terris serpitis, aurato nitidi fulgore dracones, letiferos ardens facit Africa: ducitis altum aera cum pinnis, armentaque..."Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ubicumque natat. donabitur ergo, ne pereat. iam letifero cedente pruinis autumno, iam quartanam sperantibus aegris, stridebat deformis hiems..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...loquetur. Vidi, uidi miseranda mei fata parentis, cum letifero stipite pulsus tota iacuit sparsus in aula..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...ruentes acciperent laeti divum fumantibus aris. saepe in letifero belli certamine Mavors aut rapidi Tritonis era aut Amarunsia..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tuentes cornua, prosternit: socii rapuere iacentes; at non letiferos effugit Enaesimus ictus Hippocoonte satus: trepidantem et terga parantem..."