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
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..."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..."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..."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..."