viminis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vimen, viminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
twig, shoot;
gen. sg.
Examples
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..."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..."