sulphura
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sulphur, sulphuris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brimstone, sulfur; lightning/thunder (associated with brimstone);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vero iudicium his corruptis acrius adhibeas ut fucinis sulphura, iam illum quo fefellerant exuant mentitum colorem et quadam..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sive bitumineae rapiunt incendia vires, luteave exiguis ardescunt sulphura fumis, nempe, ubi terra cibos alimentaque pinguia flammae..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...erant, neque iter praecluserat unda: lurida subponunt fecundo sulphura fonti incenduntque cavas fumante bitumine venas. viribus his aliisque..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quam cum summis circumlita taedis admotas rapiunt vivacia sulphura flammas. o quotiens voluit blandis accedere dictis et mollis..."