rimis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rima, rimae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
crack, narrow cleft; (sometimes rude); chink, fissure; [ignea ~ => lightening];
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...potentia, Thybrin. dissilit omne solum, penetratque in Tartara rimis lumen et infernum terret cum coniuge regem; et mare..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...latebra quam detestanda fraude sese abstrudunt, foraminibus et rimis aurem admovent. interea Latiaris repertum in publico Sabinum, velut..." - G
Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...amplius centies hausit: vereor ne frustra. Ingentibus enim rimis desedit et hiat, sive in causa solum umidum..."