lustra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lustro, lustrare, lustravi, lustratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
purify cermonially (w/procession), cleanse by sacrifice, expiate;; review/inspect, look around, seek; illuminate; traverse/roam/move over/through;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →lustrum, lustri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bog/morass/slough, muddy place; forest/wilderness/wilds, haunt of wild beasts;; den (usu. pl.) of vice/iniquity, place of debauchery; brothel;; purifying/cleansing ceremony; (by censors every 5 years); period of 5/4 years;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pietate recessit. scilicet hoc animo terras atque aequora lustras, necubi suppressus pereat gener. o bene rapta arbitrio mors..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mallem felicibus armis 100dependisse caput: nunc clades denique lustra,Magne, tuas. ubicumque iaces ciuilibus armisnostros ulta toros, ades..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...numquam posuere furorem,quas, nemore Hyrcano matrum dum lustra secuntur,altus caesorum pauit cruor armentorum,sic et Sullanum..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...labi corporis ulla. multaque per caelum solis volventia lustra volgivago vitam tractabant more ferarum. nec robustus erat curvi..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...candida turris aves, Munera sunt dominae: post septima lustra reverso Has Marcella domos parvaque regna dedit. Si mihi..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...umbras; Nulli sorte iacent candidiore senes: Bis sex lustra tori nox mitis et ultima clusit, Arserunt uno funera..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quidem sed habere cursus suos et post certa lustra in conspectum mortalium exire; quidam esse quidem..."Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Omnia quae tu uis. CLE. Vbi in lustra iacuisti? LY. Egon in lustra? CLE. Scio plus quam..."
