lini
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lino, linere, levi, litus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smear, plaster (with); seal (wine jar); erase/rub over; befoul; cover/overlay;
pres. pass. infin. - Entry →linio, linire, linivi, linitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smear, plaster (with); seal (wine jar); erase/rub over; befoul; cover/overlay;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →linum, lini:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
flax, linen cloth/thread; rope; fishing line; (hunter's/fisher's) net;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...condere temptas, Polla, tibi uentrem, non mihi labra linis. Simpliciter pateat uitium fortasse pusillum: quod tegitur, maius creditur..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...soror cultusque laborat. tenuia non illum candentis carbasa lini, non auro depicta chlamys, non flava galeri caesaries pictoque..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...invenit caneret quod Thracius Orpheusdulce sibi, si busta Lini complexus Apollo 55non tacuit. nimius fortasse avidusque dolorisdicar..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...lupini sustuleris fragilis calamos siluamque sonantem. urit enim lini campum seges, urit auenae, urunt Lethaeo perfusa papauera somno..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...tange, leges. Fallet et umiduli quae fiet acumine lini, Ut ferat occultas pura tabella notas. Adfuit Acrisio servandae..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...volucrum disponit in ordine pinnas, Et leve per lini vincula nectit opus, Imaque pars ceris adstringitur igne solutis..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...velis alutaeque tenuiter confectae, [hae] sive propter inopiam lini atque eius usus inscientiam, sive eo, quod est magis..."
