monstrorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →monstrum, monstri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
monster; portent, unnatural thing/event regarded as omen/sign/portent;
gen. pl.
Examples
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...dissimularet misera mortem filii sui, sive quereretur, tantaque monstrorum novitate circumdatam eo perduxit, ut sibi videatur infamaturus iterum..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cristatum galeae iubar armaque in auro tristia, terrificis monstrorum animata figuris, incutiens: tonat axe polus clipeique cruenta..."