nervum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Nerva, Nervae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Classic
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Nerva; (Roman cognomen); [M. Cocceius Nerva => Emperor, 96-98 AD];
gen. pl. - 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.gen. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...Aegypto fuit, quas Graeci anatomas appellant, repertum est nervum quendam tenuissimum ab eo uno digito, de quo diximus..." - L
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...Parthos levibusque sequi Persida telis, certaque manu tendere nervum, qui praecipites vulnere parvo figeret hostes, pictaque Medi terga..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potius quam sortem [creditum] solvat, corpus in nervum ac supplicia dare et gregatim cottidie de foro addictos duci..."
