semisupinas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →semisupinus, semisupina, semisupinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
half-lying on one's back;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...saepe etiam nondum digestis mane capillis purpureo iacuit semisupina toro. tum quoque erat neclecta decens, ut Threcia Bacche..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...veneris; simplex minimique laboris, Cum iacet in dextrum semisupina latus. Sed neque Phoebei tripodes nec corniger Ammon Vera..."