scopulus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scopulus, scopuli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
rock, boulder;
nom. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ille tremor Ponti saevique repertor Hydaspis et piratarum scopulus, modo quem ter ovantem Iuppiter horruerat, quem tracto gurgite..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...silices prior edidit aetas. nunc quoque in Euboico scopulus brevis eminet alto gurgite et humanae servat vestigia formae..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...usus praestet tibi' dixit 'alumnus!' inminet aequoribus scopulus: pars ima cavatur fluctibus et tectas defendit ab imbribus undas..."