scrobibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scrobis, scrobis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
ditch, trench; dike;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...corde metus ducit, facilem tamen, Aesona coniunx. in scrobibus cruor et largus Phlegethontis operti stagnat honos saevoque vocat..."- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...subest. tamen haec quoque, si quis inserat aut scrobibus mandet mutata subactis, exuerint siluestrem animum, cultuque frequenti..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...haustae indiciumque suae vocis tellure regesta obruit et scrobibus tacitus discedit opertis. creber harundinibus tremulis ibi surgere lucus..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...verbenis silvaque incinxit agresti, haud procul egesta scrobibus tellure duabus sacra facit cultrosque in guttura velleris atri conicit..."