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
- M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."