marmoreus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →marmoreus, marmorea, marmoreum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
marble; of marble; marble-like;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- D
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...labra moues, cum mittere uocem debueris uel marmoreus uel aeneus? aut cur in carbone tuo charta pia tura..." Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...disco Oebalius, Phoebi culpa dolorque, puer. CLXXIV Hermaphroditus marmoreus. Masculus intravit fontis, emersit utrumque: Pars est una patris..."