simas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →simus, sima, simum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
flatnosed, snub-nosed; having flattened nose; flatten/splayed (nose/other);
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →sima, simae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
top molding of a pediment placed above its cornice; ogee (L+S);
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...subolem fatetur esse se coci Santrae; at ille sima nare, turgidis labris ipsa est imago Pannychi palaestritae. Pistores..."Ecloga X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...incipe; sollicitos Galli dicamus amores, dum tenera attondent simae uirgulta capellae. Non canimus surdis: respondent omnia siluae. Quae..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...ovis: tauro quoque laeta iuvenca est: Sustinet inmundum sima capella marem; In furias agitantur equae, spatioque remota..."
