resupino
Dictionary entries
- Entry →resupinus, resupina, resupinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lying on one's back;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...exiguo magnus in aere deus, quaeque tulit spectat resupino sidera vultu, cuius laeva calet robore, dextra mero..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...passus medio lapis obstitit arvo; quem super inpulsum resupino corpore Cycnum vi multa vertit terraeque adflixit Achilles..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...liquidis porreximus oscula lymphis, hic totiens ad me resupino nititur ore. posse putes tangi: minimum est, quod amantibus..."