valvis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →valva, valvae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
double or folding door (usu. pl.), one leaf of the doors;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Tonantis regalemque domum: dextra laevaque deorum atria nobilium valvis celebrantur apertis. plebs habitat diversa locis: hac parte potentes..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cantus, animi felicia laeti argumenta, sonant; reseratis aurea valvis atria tota patent, pulchroque instructa paratu Cepheni proceres ineunt..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Tonantis regalemque domum: dextra laevaque deorum atria nobilium valvis celebrantur apertis. plebs habitat diversa locis: hac parte potentes..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...prata et arbusta. A capite porticus triclinium excurrit; valvis xystum desinentem et protinus pratum multumque ruris videt, fenestris..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...leviter alluitur. Undique valvas aut fenestras non minores valvis habet atque ita a lateribus a fronte quasi tria..."