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
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...Aegypto fuit, quas Graeci anatomas appellant, repertum est nervum quendam tenuissimum ab eo uno digito, de quo diximus..."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..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potius quam sortem [creditum] solvat, corpus in nervum ac supplicia dare et gregatim cottidie de foro addictos duci..."
