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Dictionary entries

Persis:
Adjective
Frequency:
Very Rare
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Geography:
Persia
Persian;
Entry →
nom. sg. (all)
voc. sg. (all)
Persa, Persae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
Frequency:
Common
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Geography:
Persia
Persian, native of Persia; (sometimes for Parthian; Persian breed of dog);
Entry →
abl. pl.
dat. pl.
loc. pl.
Perses, Persae:
Masculine · Noun
Frequency:
Common
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Geography:
Persia
Persian, native of Persia; (sometimes for Parthian; Persian breed of dog);
Entry →
abl. pl.
dat. pl.
loc. pl.

Examples

Liber VIII

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA

"...Hydaspesaccedunt pelago, Phoebi surgentis ab igneiam propior quam Persis eram: tamen omnia uincenssustinui nostris uos tantum desse triumphis..."

Liber IV

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES

"...circumiacentium regionum strepitu. Quem perferre gens ibi a Persis collocata non potuit obtusis assiduo fragore auribus..."

ad Marciam

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE

"...atque auxilia perdidit. Non contigit tamen tristem Paulum Persi uidere. XIV. 1. Quid nunc te per innumerabilia magnorum..."

Phaedra

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE

"...modo qua gerebat, fila deduxit properante fuso. Vidit Persis ditique ferax Lydia harena deiecta feri terga leonis umerisque..."

Ars Amatoria I

Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria

"...Tigris erit. Hos facito Armenios; haec est Danaeia Persis: Urbs in Achaemeniis vallibus ista fuit. Ille vel ille..."

Sermones I

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones

"...missis: Bruto praetore tenente ditem Asiam, Rupili et Persi par pugnat, uti non conpositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius..."

Liber XXXVI

Titus Livius (Livy)

"...transitum Romanus; nam et Lacedaemonios quondam ita a Persis circuitos fama erat, et nuper Philippum ab iisdem Romanis..."

FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM

Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)

"...gestas composui. Nam a principio urbis ad bellum Persi Macedonicum. [Cato] Romani generis disertissimus paucis absolvit . . . Fannio veritatem..."