spinosis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →spinosus, spinosa, spinosum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
thorny, prickly; crabbed, difficult;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Mario, altera a Sulla: totiens huius aridi et spinosi saxi mutatus est populus! 10. Vix denique inuenies ullam..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...felicisque bonis non lenius uritur Herses, quam cum spinosis ignis supponitur herbis, quae neque dant flammas lentoque vapore..."