spinis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spinus, spini:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Agriculture
thorn-bush; black-thorn, sloe-tree;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →spina, spinae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
thorn/spine/prickle (plant/animal); spike (asparagus); thorn-bush; blackthorn;; spine/backbone/back; Circus center wall; fish-bone; difficulties (pl.); cares;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...mittunt, et item cum lubrica serpens exuit in spinis vestem; nam saepe videmus illorum spoliis vepres volitantibus auctas..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...dentibus, at inferior mollis ac tenera. Hanc delphini spinis, quas dorso eminentes gerunt, submersi uulnerabant et in aduersum..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...passis nucibusque farsi. Insecuta sunt Cydonia etiam mala spinis confixa, ut echinos efficerent. Et haec quidem tolerabilia erant..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...humus erat inmunda, lutulenta vino, coronis languidulis et spinis cooperta piscium". LXVII. Quid plus videret qui intrasset..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...videtur, extra portas prospicite squalida arva et spinis obsitas segetes et semesos arborum truncos. viduis cultore agris errant..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tendit. respicimus. dira inluvies immissaque barba, consertum tegimen spinis: at cetera Graius, et quondam patriis ad Troiam missus..."Ecloga V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...molli uiola, pro purpureo narcisso carduos et spinis surgit paliurus acutis. Spargite humum foliis, inducite fontibus umbras, pastores..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quaerenti, iam non hirsutus amictu, iam suus et spinis conserto tegmine nullis, fatur Achaemenides: 'iterum Polyphemon et illos..."