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..."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..."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..."