scopulus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scopulus, scopuli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
rock, boulder;
nom. sg.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ille tremor Ponti saevique repertor Hydaspis et piratarum scopulus, modo quem ter ovantem Iuppiter horruerat, quem tracto gurgite..." - P
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..." - P
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..."