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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."