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praepes

Dictionary entries

praepes, (gen.), praepetis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
Frequency:
Lesser
flying straight ahead; nimble, fleet; winged;
Entry →
acc. sg. (n.)
nom. sg. (all)
voc. sg. (all)
praepes, praepetis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
Frequency:
Lesser
Dictionary:
Lewis & Short
bird; bird of omen;
Entry →
nom. sg.
voc. sg.

Examples

Liber IX

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA

"...pinnae Arcados auctoris citharae liquidaeque palaestrae, et subitus praepes Cyllenida sustulit harpen, harpen alterius monstri iam caede rubentem..."

Liber VII

Aulus Gellius

"...praepetem" appellavit in hoc versu: dum dat vincendi praepes Victoria palmam. Cur autem non Q. quoque Ennium reprehendit..."

Aeneid V

P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid

"...iaculo cervos cursuque fatigat acer, anhelanti similis, quem praepes ab Ida sublimem pedibus rapuit Iovis armiger uncis; longaevi..."

Metamorphoses XIII

Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

"...tecta favilla, congerie e media tum primum cognita praepes subvolat et cineres plausis everberat alis. et sonus..."

Metamorphoses IV

Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

"...visam fera saevit in umbram, utque Iovis praepes, vacuo cum vidit in arvo praebentem Phoebo liventia terga draconem..."