nervom
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nervus, nervi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sinew/muscle/nerve; hamstring; tendon (as material); stringed instrument (pl.);; strength; vigor, nerve, force, power; sexual power, virility; penis (rude);; string/cord; bowstring; bow; (leather) thong; fetter (for prisoner); prison;
acc. sg.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nanctu's, habe. bono animo meliust te in nervom conrepere. tibi optigit quod plurimi exoptant sibi. LABR. Quid..." - T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Sperate, salve. HAN. Condamus alter alterum ergo in nervom bracchialem. quibus nunc in terra melius est? AGOR. Eveniunt..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...solvo omnibus quibus debeo. Ther. Ego te in nervom, haud ad praetorem hinc rapiam, ni argentum refers. Capp..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...saepe, Phormio, vereor, ne istaec fortitudo in nervom erumpat denique. {Ph.} ah non ita est: factumst periclum..."