viminis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vimen, viminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twig, shoot;
gen. sg.
Examples
- M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...alvei furto abessent, utrum nulla daretur actio? an viminis modo vilisque texti pretium formula taxassem, et proinde agerem..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...stabat adacto et iam non telum, sed lenti viminis arbor non exspectatas dabat admirantibus umbras; aut sua fluminea..."