Media tenus alvo
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Latin Construction
- (poet.) ‘As far as the middle of the belly,’ i.e. about up to one's waist.
Constructions
no constructions found
Loci
- αʹ Ovid, Fasti 2.145-6:
| iām pŭĕr | Īdāe|ūs mĕdĭ|ā tĕnŭs | ēmĭnĕt | ālvō, ēt lĭquĭ|dās mīx|tō || nēctărĕ fūndĭt ă|quās. |
Now the boy from Ida is emerging, waist deep, and pours out the nectar mixed with flowing waters. |
- βʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.11:
| mīrăquĕ | rēs, sŭbĭ|tō mĕdĭ|ā tĕnŭs | ēxstĭtĭt | ālvō īncīnc|tūs iŭvĕ|nīs flē|xīs nŏvă | cōrnŭă | cānnīs |
Then, something amazing—suddenly a young man stands up, waist deep, wreathed with reeds bent around his new horns. |
- γʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.59:
| Scȳllă vĕ|nīt mĕdĭ|āquĕ tĕ|nūs dēs|cēndĕrăt | ālvō | Scylla came and sank in, waist deep. |
- δʹ Manilius, Astronomica 3.376-7:
| ————— ————— —— nĕqu(e) | ĕ|nīm cīr|cūmvĕnĭt | īllūm rēct(a) ăcĭ|ēs, mĕdĭ|āquĕ tĕ|nūs dīs|tīnguĭtŭr ālvō. |
For a direct glance does not encompass it, but only halfway up its curve can be discerned. |
