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
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scio quam cordi sit carus meo. MESS. In scirpo nodum quaeris. quin nos hinc domum redimus, nisi..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dignus es cum t religione, odium: nodum in scirpo quaeri'. CR. quid istuc est? CH. nomen non convenit..."Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...dicunt 'aenigmata', hoc genus quidam ex nostris ueteribus 'scirpos' appellauerunt. Quale est quod nuper inuenimus per hercle anticum..."
