nebulis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nebula, nebulae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
mist, fog; cloud (dust/smoke/confusion/error); thin film, veneer; obscurity;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...latebris aversum a lumine Nympha collocat; ipsa procul nebulis obscura resistit. Iam rapidus torrens sitientes Sirius Indos ardebat..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...generis facinusque excussit ab ore. effugit illa necem nebulis per carmina motis; At genitor, quamquam laetatur sospite nato..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...singuli pugnant, universi vincuntur. Caelum crebris imbribus ac nebulis foedum; asperitas frigorum abest. Dierum spatia ultra nostri orbis..."