pronam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pronus, prona, pronum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
leaning forward; prone;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...iunctos extremis moenibus agrosdiffugiunt: ingens urbem cingebat Erinysexcutiens pronam flagranti uertice pinumstridentisque comas, Thebanam qualis Agaueninpulit aut saeui..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vitiis liberare aut vacantem quidem sed ad peiora pronam praeoccupare. Utrumque decreta philosophiae faciunt; ergo tale praecipiendi genus..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adversam prensis a fronte capillis stravit humi pronam. tendebat bracchia supplex: bracchia coeperunt nigris horrescere villis curvarique manus..."