pestibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pestis, pestis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
plague, pestilence, curse, destruction;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...primus sibi posceret undam. cur Libycus tantis exundet pestibus aer fertilis in mortes, aut quid secreta nocenti miscuerit..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...genui, sine timoribus, sine superstitione, sine perfidia ceterisque pestibus: quales intrastis exite'. Percepit sapientiam, si quis tam securus..."