stragi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →strages, stragis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
overthrow; massacre, slaughter, cutting down; havoc; confused heap;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...spes quoque mortis honestae.non acie fusa nec magnae stragis aceruis 540uincendus tum Caesar erat sed sanguine nullo.captus sorte..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tibi) meque timoris argue tu, Drance, quando tot stragis acervos Teucrorum tua dextra dedit, passimque tropaeis insignis agros..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fessum vasta te caede Pelasgum procubuisse super confusae stragis acervum. tunc egomet tumulum Rhoeteo in litore inanem constitui..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...trahit atque operit. et illi quidem quos principium stragis in mortem adflixerat, ut tali sorte, cruciatum effugere: miserandi..."