sulphure
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sulphur, sulphuris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brimstone, sulfur; lightning/thunder (associated with brimstone);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...calorem aut nimium rigorem. Interest utrum loca sulphure an nitro an bitumine plena transierint; hac ratione corruptae..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...afflata radiis solis. Nam apud nos quoque ramenta sulphure aspersa ignem ex interuallo trahunt. [1,9] Veri ergo..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...docuit condere uires arte, Prometheus; dedit et tenui sulphure tectos Mulciber ignes, et uiuacis fulgura flammae de cognato..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...corpus Achivi sed pice, sed flammis et olentes sulphure crines. vos modo vel solum hoc, fluctus, expellite corpus..."Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...strictis alius de cautibus ignem obtendit foliis et sulphure pascit amico. Alcides Telamonque comes dum litora blando anfractu..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iniectus terras hostiliaque urit arua et anhelantem caelesti sulphure campum. respirant Thebae, templisque iacentia surgunt agmina; iam finis..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...paene cremarat, solvit et Hippotadae regnum terrasque calenti sulphure fumantis Acheloiadumque relinquit Sirenum scopulos, orbataque praeside pinus Inarimen..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aris terque senem flamma, ter aqua, ter sulphure lustrat. Interea validum posito medicamen aeno fervet et exsultat spumisque..."