Matris in alvo
From TTT @ frath.net
Latin Construction
- ‘In the mother's belly,’ i.e. womb.
Loci
- αʹ Horace, Carmina 4.6:
| sēd pălām cāp|tīs grăvĭs, hēu | nĕfās, hēu! nēscĭōs fā|rī pŭĕrōs | Ăchīvīs ūrĕrēt flām|mīs, ĕtĭām | lătēntēm mātrĭs ĭn āl|vō |
But openly, cruel to the captives—oh how dreadful, oh!—he would burn their infant boys with Greek fire, even the one lurking in its mother's womb. |
- βʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.419-421:
| ————— ————— ——— fē|cūndăquĕ | sēmĭnă | rērūm vīvā|cī nū|trītă sŏ|lō cēu | mātrĭs ĭn | ālvō crēvē|rūnt făcĭ|ēmqu(e) ălĭ|quām cē|pērĕ mŏ|rāndō. |
And the fertile seeds of things grew, nourished with living soil as if in a mother's womb, and took on form over time. |
