rubo
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. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...corpus inuisum trahens Zethi iuuencus, qua per horrentes rubos Tauri ferocis sanguis ostentat fugas; Vel qua alta maria..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...mitescit? cur vites coercemus manu? cur eas fodimus? Rubos arvis excidimus: terra et hos generat. Mansuefacimus animalia: indomita..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...nautis. pascuntur uero siluas et summa Lycaei, horrentisque rubos et amantis ardua dumos, atque ipsae memores redeunt..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...olim. flentibus hinc Varius discedit maestus amicis. inde Rubos fessi pervenimus, utpote longum carpentes iter et factum corruptius..."