rubis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rubus, rubi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bramble, briar; prickly shrub; fruit of bramble, blackberry;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...rumpunt. inde semianimem secant uirgulta, acutis asperi uepres rubis omnisque ruscus corporis partem tulit. Errant per agros funebris..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...hercule magis quam frugibus in terra sentibus ac rubis occupata. VIII. Age, non ad perferendos studiorum labores necessaria..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...atque inflexis crebrisque in latitudinem ramis enatis [et] rubis sentibusque interiectis effecerant ut instar muri hae saepes munimentum..."