tigni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tignum, tigni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tree trunk, log, stick, post, beam; piece of timber; building materials;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...novis rubeant quam prata coloribus, ante garrula quam tignis nidum suspendat hirundo. Interea teneris tepefactus in ossibus umor..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...pallaeque repertor honestae Aeschylus et modicis instrauit pulpita tignis et docuit magnumque loqui nitique coturno. Successit uetus..."