niveum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →niveus, nivea, niveum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
snowy, covered with snow; white;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Languida ne tristes obscurent lumina cerae, Nigra tibi niveum littera pingat ebur. VI Triplices. Tunc triplices nostros..."- P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coniuge caelebs vivebat thalamique diu consorte carebat. interea niveum mira feliciter arte sculpsit ebur formamque dedit, qua femina..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...viridique exsultat in herba, nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis; paulatimque metu dempto modo pectora praebet virginea..."