umbo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →umbo, umbonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
boss (of a shield);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uidet concurrere, bellumatque uirum. fortis crebris sonat ictibus umbo,et galeae fragmenta cauae conpressa perurunttempora, nec quicquam nudis..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...armisque innexa priores 475arma ferunt, galeamque extensus protegit umbo,quae prius ex longo nocuerunt missa recessuiam post terga..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...confossa cruenta casside velat; haeret detritus laevae Mavortius umbo innumerabilibus telis gravis, atque flagranti stipite dextra minax terris..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...primae fugere in nubila cristae, et clipei niger umbo cadit, iamque omnia lucent membra uiri. cedunt acies..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uident decrescere campum. iam clipeus clipeis, umbone repellitur umbo, ense minax ensis, pede pes et cuspide cuspis..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...accendere iussus Inachias acies atque omne quod Isthmius umbo distinet et raucae circumtonat ira Maleae: illi, uix muros..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...robore quercus, olim omnes exuta comas, hinc saxeus umbo, arbiter agricolis; finem iacet inter utrumque quale quater iaculo..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...defertur in ictus, tardatique gradus, clipeum nec sustinet umbo mutatum spoliis; gelidus cadit imber anhelo pectore, tum crines..."