lino
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →linum, lini:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
flax, linen cloth/thread; rope; fishing line; (hunter's/fisher's) net;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...euoluam busto iam numen gentibus Isim et tectum lino spargam per uolgus Osirim [et sacer in Magni cineres..." Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Illa salax nimium nec paucis nota puellis stare Lino desît mentula. Lingua, cave. XXVI O mihi grata quies..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lactea gemma notet; defluat et lento splendescat turbida lino amphora centeno consule facta minor. Continget nox quando meis..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...numquid, Paula, negare potes? Dimidium donare Lino quam credere totum qui mauolt, mauolt perdere dimidium. O mihi curarum..."- P
Ecloga IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo. Pan etiam, Arcadia mecum si iudice certet..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...rustica quondam fistula disparibus paulatim surgit avenis; tum lino medias et ceris alligat imas atque ita conpositas parvo..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...decedet odor nervis inimicus; at illa integrum perdunt lino vitiata saporem. Surrentina vafer qui miscet faece Falerna vina..."