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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."