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
- T
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...passis nucibusque farsi. Insecuta sunt Cydonia etiam mala spinis confixa, ut echinos efficerent. Et haec quidem tolerabilia erant..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."