sulphuri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sulphur, sulphuris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brimstone, sulfur; lightning/thunder (associated with brimstone);
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...uero manifestum est, magnam esse sub terris uim sulphuris et aliorum non minus ignem alentium: per haec loca..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ueluti fuligine colorantur. Quid quod omnibus fulguratis odor sulphuris est? [21,3] Ergo et utramque rem ignem esse..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ante ducem, circumque bidentum uisceribus laceris et odori sulphuris aura graminibusque nouis et longo murmure purgat. silua capax..."