resupinos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →resupinus, resupina, resupinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lying on one's back;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...exiguo magnus in aere deus, quaeque tulit spectat resupino sidera vultu, cuius laeva calet robore, dextra mero..."- P
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..." - P
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..."