Crystallum
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Latin-English
crystall|um, -ī. (krisˈtal.lum) neut.
- Quartz crystal; a crystal.
- plur. Crystal drinkware.
[crystallus.]
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Constructions
Adjective constructions
- candida crystalla — Mart. [βʹ], [δʹ]
Verb constructions
- rumpere crystalla — Mart., [βʹ], [στʹ]
Loci
- αʹ Curtius, Historia Alexandri Magni 3.3:
| Die iam inlustri, signum e tabernaculo regis bucina dabatur: super tabernaculum, unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago solis crystallo inclusa fulgebat. | The day was already bright when the trumpet signal was given from the king's tent; above the tent, where it could be seen by everyone, an image of the sun glittered, encased in crystal. |
| Cāndĭdă | Sētīn|ī rūm|pānt crȳs|tāllă trĭ|ēntēs | Your bright crystalware is bursting with cupfuls of Setine wine. |
- β² Martial, Epigrammata 10.66:
| Quīs pŏtĭ|ūs cy̆ă|thōs āut | quīs crȳs|tāllă tĕ|nēbīt? | Who better to hold the ladle, or who the crystal? |
- γʹ Martial, Epigrammata 12.74:
| Dūm tĭbĭ | Nīlĭă|cūs pōr|tāt crȳs|tāllă că|tāplūs, Āccĭpĕ | dē Cīr|cō || pōcŭlă | Flāmĭnĭ|ō. |
Though ships from the Nile arrive bringing you crystal, take your cups from the Circus Flaminius. |
- δʹ adj. Martial, Epigrammata 8.77:
| Cāndĭdă | nīgrēs|cānt vĕtŭ|lō crȳs|tāllă Fă|lērnō ēt călĕ|āt blān|dō || mōllĭs ă|mōrĕ tŏ|rūs. |
May your bright crystal be dark with the old Falernian wine, and your soft bed warm with tender love. |
- εʹ Martial, Epigrammata 9.22:
| ūt Māu|rī Lĭby̆|cīs cēn|tūm stēnt | dēntĭbŭs | ōrbēs ēt crĕpĕt | īn nōs|trīs || āurĕă | lāmnă tŏ|rīs nēc lāb|rīs nĭsĭ | māgnă mĕ|īs crȳs|tāllă tĕ|rāntūr ēt făcĭ|ānt nīg|rās || nōstră Fă|lērnă nĭ|vēs |
...that a hundred Mauretanian tabletops may stand on Libyan ivory, and gold plate tinkle on our couches, and nothing but the largest crystalware brush against my lips, and snow darken in our Falernian wines. |
- στʹ v. Martial, Epigrammata 9.73:
| Rūmpĭs ĕt | ārdēnt|ī mădĭd|ūs crȳs|tāllă Fă|lērnō ēt prū|rīs dŏmĭ|nī || cūm Găny̆|mēdĕ tŭ|ī. |
Drunken with burning Falernian wine, you shatter the crystal wineglasses and flirt with your master's Ganymede. |
