taxus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →taxus, taxi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
yew-tree;
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...comis et nullo uertice caelumsuspiciens Phoebo non peruia taxus opacat. 645marcentes intus tenebrae pallensque sub antrislonga nocte situs..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...solet praebere ramos arbor aut ferro coli, sed taxus et cupressus et nigra ilice obscura nutat silua, quam..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...senex, lugubris imos palla perfundit pedes, mortifera canam taxus adstringit comam. nigro bidentes uellere atque atrae boues antro..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fatiscunt corda, soror, tardaeque manus; hebet infera caelo taxus et insuetos angues nimia astra soporant. tu, cui totus..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...flammis alimenta supremis, ornique iliceaeque trabes metuendaque suco taxus et infandos belli potura cruores fraxinus atque situ..."