resupinas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →resupinus, resupina, resupinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lying on one's back;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tumuli atque luci". Iam cantici quiddam habent sensimque resupina sunt: "saxa atque solitudines voci respondent". CLXVIII. Tales sunt..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...apex. non hi tibi solum, Amphiarae, merent: auget resupina maniplos Elis, depressae populus subit incola Pisae..."- P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Latois populum submoverat aris et mediam tulerat gressus resupina per urbem invidiosa suis; at nunc miseranda vel hosti..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...consuetas audent delphines in auras; corpora phocarum summo resupina profundo exanimata natant: ipsum quoque Nerea fama est Doridaque..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...omnes una figura decet. Quae facie praesignis erit, resupina iaceto: Spectentur tergo, quis sua terga placent. Milanion umeris..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...voti postmodo compos eris. Interea, sive illa toro resupina feretur, Lecticam dominae dissimulanter adi, Neve aliquis verbis odiosas..."