marmorea
Dictionary entries
- Entry →marmoreus, marmorea, marmoreum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
marble; of marble; marble-like;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...susurro, et qui uulturibus seruabat uiscera Dacis Fuscus marmorea meditatus proelia uilla, et cum mortifero prudens Veiiento Catullo..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dixit "Alexin ames." Adstabat domini mensis pulcherrimus ille marmorea fundens nigra Falerna manu, et libata dabat roseis carchesia..."ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...consumat vetustas. Cetera, quae per constructionem lapidum et marmoreas moles aut terrenos tumulos in magnam eductos altitudinem constant..."De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...eius Beneventi ostenditur in Capitolio ad sinistram latus marmorea habitu sedentis ac palliati, appositis duobus scriniis. Reliquit filium..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...orbem squameus; expectes morientis ab ore cruenta sibila, marmorea sic uoluitur anguis in hasta. iamque auidum pugnas uisendi..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...discerptum latos iuvenem sparsere per agros. Tum quoque marmorea caput a cervice revulsum gurgite cum medio portans Oeagrius..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...litus adhaesi.' Finierat Macareus, urnaque Aeneia nutrix condita marmorea tumulo breve carmen habebat hic : me : caietam : notae : pietatis..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Tura dabat primis et verba precantia flammis, vinaque marmoreas patera fundebat in aras: incaluit vis illa mali, resolutaque..."