scaber
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scaber, scabra -scabrum, scabrior -or -us, scaberrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
rough/scabrous from disease, scabby (esp. sheep); rough/corroded (surface);
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...humilis apibus casias roremque ministrat; et tofus scaber et nigris exesa chelydris creta negant alios aeque serpentibus agros..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...signet gestu, quodcumque loquetur, Cui digiti pingues et scaber unguis erit. Cui gravis oris odor numquam ieiuna loquatur..."