plectri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →plectrum, plectri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
quill/ plectrum/pick (to strike strings of musical instrument); keyboard key;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...venit Achilles acrior et positis erupit in Hectora plectris. te quoque flammabit tacite repetita parumper desidia et solitos..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...chelys una 60Thebais et Getici cedat tibi gloria plectri:et tu saxa moves, et te nemora alta sequuntur..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...lyra maiore Catillum; seu tibi Pindaricis animus contendere plectris, sive chelyn tollas heroa ad robora, sive liventem satiram..."