sulcus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sulcus, sulci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
furrow; rut; trail of a meteor, track, wake; female external genitalia (rude);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...emissis patuerunt amnibus arua,pinguis Bebrycio discessit uomere sulcus;mox Lelegum dextra pressum descendit aratrum,Aeolidae Dolopesque solum..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...frustra sparseris semina nisi illa praegignenmollitus fouerit sulcus, ita eloquentia coalescere nequit nisi sociata tradentis accipientisque concordia..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...arma trahuntur, fumantesque rotae tellurem et tertius hastae sulcus arat; longo sequitur uaga puluere ceruix, et resupinarum patet..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...moribunda reflantes corpora rimantur terras, omnisque per artus sulcus et incisis altum rubet orbita membris. hos iam ignorantes..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...simulacrum aspicimus, quia id genus animalium aratro subditur, sulcus designandi oppidi coeptus ut magnam Herculis aram amplecteretur; inde..."