saeclorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →saeclum, saecli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
age; generation, people born at a time; breed, race; present time/age; century;
gen. pl.
Examples
Ecloga IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...pater ipse iugandum Pelea sensit. o nimis optato saeclorum tempore nati heroes, salvete, deum genus! o bona matrum..."
