monstrifero
Dictionary entries
- Entry →monstrifer, monstrifera, monstriferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
producing monsters/portents; monster-bearing (L+S); monstrous/horrid, misshapen;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...signa dedit mundus legesque et foedera rerum praescia monstrifero uertit natura tumultu indixitque nefas. cur hanc tibi, rector..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...molita nefas? cui tantum inuisa deorum? non ego monstrifero coitu reuoluta notaui pignora, nec nato peperi funesta nepotes..."
