resupinus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →resupinus, resupina, resupinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lying on one's back;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...LXXVII Multis dum precibus Iovem salutat Stans summos resupinus usque in ungues Aethon in Capitolio pepedit. Riserunt homines..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Ille qui in scaena latus incedit et haec resupinus dicit, en impero Argis; regna mihi liquit Pelops..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...miser. Aperta multa tecta conlucent face. resupinus ipse purpurae atque auro incubat, uino grauatum fulciens laeua caput. eructat..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...numero cum corpora nostro prensa manu magna medio resupinus in antro frangeret ad saxum, sanieque aspersa natarent limina..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...atque impar congressus Achilli, fertur equis, curruque haeret resupinus inani, lora tenens tamen; huic cervixque comaeque trahuntur..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...spumis albentibus oblita luctor et retro lentas tendo resupinus habenas. nec tamen has vires rabies superasset equorum..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pariter cerebrumque merumque vulnere et ore vomens madida resupinus harena calcitrat. ardescunt germani caede bimembres certatimque omnes..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...duabus infligitque viro; rutilum vomit ille cruorem et resupinus humum moribundo vertice pulsat. inde Semiramio Polydegmona sanguine cretum..."