nardis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nardus, nardi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
unguent/balsam/oil of nard (an aromatic plant); the plant nard;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →nardum, nardi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
unguent/balsam/oil of nard (an aromatic plant); the plant nard;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...corpore odorem. sicut amaracini blandum stactaeque liquorem et nardi florem, nectar qui naribus halat, cum facere instituas..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...totus mihi populus bene imprecetur." Statim ampullam nardi aperuit omnesque nos unxit et: "Spero, inquit, futurum ut aeque..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sibi construit ore, quo simul ac casias et nardi lenis aristas quassaque cum fulva substravit cinnama murra..."