scirpos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scirpus, scirpa, scirpum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
woven/made of bulrushes; basket-work (Cas);
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →scirpus, scirpi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
marsh plant, bulrush; (Scripus lacustris); riddle (like intricate basket-work);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scio quam cordi sit carus meo. MESS. In scirpo nodum quaeris. quin nos hinc domum redimus, nisi..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dignus es cum t religione, odium: nodum in scirpo quaeri'. CR. quid istuc est? CH. nomen non convenit..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...dicunt 'aenigmata', hoc genus quidam ex nostris ueteribus 'scirpos' appellauerunt. Quale est quod nuper inuenimus per hercle anticum..."
