phoca
Dictionary entries
- Entry →phoca, phocae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
seal; (marine mammal);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...toto ratis una profundo cernitur, Odrysio gaudebant carmine phocae. apparent trepidi Phasidis ostia Colchi clamantemque procul linquens regina..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pater aequore signum Phorcys et immanes intorto murice phocas contrahit antra petens. simul et Massylus et una Lyctius..."- P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...immania cuius armenta et turpes pascit sub gurgite phocas. Hic tibi, nate, prius vinclis capiendus, ut omnem expediat..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...naufraga corpora fluctus proluit; insolitae fugiunt in flumina phocae. interit et curuis frustra defensa latebris uipera et attoniti..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...carpsere capellae, nunc ibi deformes ponunt sua corpora phocae. mirantur sub aqua lucos urbesque domosque Nereides, silvasque tenent..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...carpsere capellae, nunc ibi deformes ponunt sua corpora phocae. mirantur sub aqua lucos urbesque domosque Nereides, silvasque tenent..."