limbos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →limbus, limbi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
border, edge; ornamental border of a robe;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tectumque inlustre coronae subligat et picto discingit pectora limbo, haud procul Herculeam Nemeen clamore reductus aspicit atque illic..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...dilecta cervice monilia transfert; et picturato cohibens vestigia limbo incessum motumque docet fandique pudorem. qualiter artifici victurae pollice..."- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...progreditur magna stipante caterva Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo; cui pharetra ex auro, crines nodantur in aurum, aurea..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...crines per eburnea, quaeque poplitibus suberant picto genualia limbo; inque puellari corpus candore ruborem traxerat, haud aliter, quam..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...geminum Chirona crearit. ultima pars telae, tenui circumdata limbo, nexilibus flores hederis habet intertextos. Non illud Pallas..."