specubus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spec, spec:
Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
cave, abyss, chasm; hole, pit; hollow (of any kind); grotto;
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...magno laeti clamore reportant. ipsi in defossis specubus secura sub alta otia agunt terra, congestaque robora totasque aduoluere..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...distributi munitionum tuendarum causa vicatim ex privatis aedificiis specubus ac puteis extracta aqua utebantur. Hoc probato consilio magnum..."