sulpura
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sulpur, sulpuris:
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
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...nasorum quattuor ac iam quassatum et rupto poscentem sulpura uitro. si stomachus domini feruet uinoque ciboque, frigidior Geticis..."Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...illos umbra uenit? cuperent lustrari, si qua darentur sulpura cum taedis et si foret umida laurus. illic..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...contingunt corpus amurca et spumas miscent argenti uiuaque sulpura Idaeasque pices et pinguis unguine ceras scillamque elleborosque grauis..."