recurva
Dictionary entries
- Entry →recurvus, recurva, recurvum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bent back on itself, bent round;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →recurvo, recurvare, recurvavi, recurvatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
bend back;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...alieno praestat alumno; nec sentire sitim patitur bibulaeque recurvas radicis fibras labentibus inrigat undis. hic amor, hoc studium..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...freta: sustulit illa umentes oculos stantemque in puppe recurva concussaque manu dantem sibi signa maritum prona videt redditque..."
