rapacibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rapax, (gen.), rapacis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
grasping, rapacious;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...haud laeta viris emersit Olympo: Argolicus morbis fatisque rapacibus Idmon labitur extremi sibi tum non inscius aevi..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...meis,' ait 'inclite, tectis, Cecropide, nec te committe rapacibus undis: ferre trabes solidas obliquaque volvere magno murmure saxa..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...magnum spectare catino vellem' ait Harpyiis gula digna rapacibus. at vos praesentes, Austri, coquite horum obsonia. quamquam putet..."