silicum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →silex, silicis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
pebble/stone, flint; boulder, stone;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...glarea uena.tunc exhausta super multo sudore iuuentusextrahitur duris silicum lassata metallis;quoque minus possent siccos tolerare uapores 305quaesitae..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...expediam. primum totius subcava montis est natura fere silicum suffulta cavernis. omnibus est porro in speluncis ventus..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tabellas perfer et obstantes sedula pelle moras! nec silicum venae nec durum in pectore ferrum, nec tibi simplicitas..."