taxis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →taxus, taxi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
yew-tree;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...rhythmou bainontes proselthoien kai me diaspastheie autois he taxis, hoper philei ta megala stratopeda en tais prosodois poiein..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...altero, nihil aeque facere ad viperae morsum quam taxi arboris sucum. Expeditionem unam omnino suscepit eamque modicam..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...stabat adhuc, cui caeruleae per cornua vittae et taxi frons hirta comis; ipse aeger anhelans impatiensque loci visaque..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...denique apertos Bacchus amat collis, Aquilonem et frigora taxi. aspice et extremis domitum cultoribus orbem Eoasque domos Arabum..."