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..."- P
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..." - Q
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..."