talum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →talus, tali:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
ankle; ankle/pastern bone; sheep knucklebone (marked for dice); dice game (pl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →talis, talis, tale:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
such; so great; so excellent; of such kind;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Tecta Flaminiaque recens, expulit offenso uitiatum pollice talum et iacuit toto corpore fusus humi. Quid faceret Gallus..."- L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...dolent, articuli punctiunculas sentiunt: adhuc dissimulamus et aut talum extorsisse dicimus nos aut in exercitatione aliqua laborasse. Dubio..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...fingamus esse quasi finem et ultimum, ita iacere talum, ut rectus adsistat, qui ita talus erit iactus..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nova Naiadum turba comitata vagatur, occidit in talum serpentis dente recepto. quam satis ad superas postquam Rhodopeius auras..." - G
de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...crure vehementer erat saucius. Hoc accedebat ut etiam talum intorsisset; quae res maxime inpediebat. Ita lectica ad turrem..."