nubem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nubis, nubis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
cloud/mist/haze/dust/smoke; sky/air; billowy formation (hair); swarm/multitude;; frown, gloomy expression; gloom/anxiety; mourning veil; cloud/threat (of war);
acc. sg. - Entry →nubes, nubis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cloud/mist/haze/dust/smoke; sky/air; billowy formation (hair); swarm/multitude;; frown, gloomy expression; gloom/anxiety; mourning veil; cloud/threat (of war);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...artus,traxit iners caelum fluuidae contagia pestisobscuram in nubem. tali spiramine Nesis 90emittit Stygium nebulosis aera saxisantraque letiferi..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...notam rubuit; tum lurida pallensora tulit uoltu sub nubem tristis ituro. 550sed mihi nec motus nemorum nec litoris..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...polluto tiro Miloni. 480ut procul inmensam campo consurgere nubem ardentisque acies percussis sole corusco conspexit telis, 'socii, decurrite..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...conclusaque ibidem turbine versanti magis ac magis undique nubem cogit uti fiat spisso cava corpore circum, post..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...perspiciat; per cometen autem non aliter quam per nubem ulteriora cernuntur: ex quo apparet illum non esse sidus..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...cadit. [26,2] Deinde, si concessero umidam esse nubem conceptis aquis plenam, nihil tamen prohibet ignem ex umido..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...idem, inquit, euenit, cum rotundam et cauam nubem intuemur a latere, ut solis imago a nube discedat propiorque..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...totis exercet harenis, et non imbriferam contorto puluere nubem in flexum uiolentus agit: pars plurima terrae tollitur..."
