puncti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pungo, pungere, pepugi, punctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prick, puncture; sting (insect); jab/poke; mark with points/pricks; vex/trouble;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →punctum, puncti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
point; dot/spot; small hole/puncture; pin prick; sting; vote/tick; tiny amount;; point; full-stop; period (sign of punctuation);
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...mundum mensura sua aestimauerit et terrain cogitauerit tenere puncti locum, intelleget nihil in illa posse ita eminere..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...urbibus populisque et fluminibus et ambitu maris puncti loco ponimus ad uniuersa referentes: minorem portionem aetas nostra quam..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...exsanguem illam et ferream frontem nequidquam convulnerandam praebeant punctis, et notas suas rideant; sed spectent paria praemio damna..."
