vaporibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vapor, vaporis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
steam/vapor; exhalation; heat/warmth (of sun); fever, body heat; excited state;; sound; cry;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...rupem, cuius pendentia nigris fumant saxa iugis coquiturque vaporibus aer. substitit Aesonides atque hic regina precari hortatur causasque..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ecce adamanteis Vulcanum naribus efflant aeripedes tauri, tactaeque vaporibus herbae ardent, utque solent pleni resonare camini..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...opus: nunc Phoebus utraque distat idem meta finditque vaporibus arva. sistite opus praesens nodosaque tollite lina!' iussa viri..."