ulvas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ulva, ulvae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
sedge; (collective term) various grass/rush-like aquatic plants;
acc. pl.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fallunt sermonibus horas concutiuntque torum de molli fluminis ulva inpositum lecto sponda pedibusque salignis. vestibus hunc velant, quas..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...solum lymphae; non illic canna palustris nec steriles ulvae nec acuta cuspide iunci; perspicuus liquor est; stagni tamen..."