petram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →petra, petrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rock, boulder; shaped stone as used in building;
acc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pugnare poterat rex, inter praesidia eius saltum ad Petram euasi et ad Pydnam regem acie uici; Macedoniam..." - T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...frumento inde sublato in Maedicam regressus, urbem, quam Petram appellant, oppugnare est adortus. ipse a campestri aditu castra..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Thessalos ui atque armis expugnasse questus est; item Petram in Pieria ab iisdem Thessalis Perrhaebisque captam. Xynias quidem..."