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..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ecce adamanteis Vulcanum naribus efflant aeripedes tauri, tactaeque vaporibus herbae ardent, utque solent pleni resonare camini..." - P
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..."