phoenici
Dictionary entries
- Entry →phoenix, phoenicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Agriculture
phoenix, a fabulous bird of Arabia;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiuentis adhuc Libyci membrana cerastaeaut cinis Eoa positi phoenicis in ara. 680quo postquam uiles et habentis nomina pestiscontulit..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ergo tam eloquentia quam moribus praestantissimus qui ad Phoenicis Homerici exemplum dicere ac facere doceat. IV. De primis..."