Pyramidum miracula
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Latin Construction
pyramidum miracul|a, — -arum. neut. plur.
- poet. The marvels of the pyramids.
Constructions
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Loci
- αʹ Martial, Epigrammata 8.36:
| Rēgĭă | pȳrămĭ|dūm, Cāe|sār, mī|rācŭlă | rīdē; jām tăcĕt | Ēō|ūm || bārbără | Mēmphĭs ŏ|pūs |
Laugh at the kingly marvels of the pyramids, Caesar; barbarian Memphis has nothing to say about its oriental masterpiece now. |
- βʹ Martial, Liber Spectaculorum 1:
| bārbără | pȳrămĭd|ūm sĭlĕ|āt mī|rācŭlă | Mēmphīs, Āssy̆rĭ|ūs jāc|tēt || nēc Băby̆|lōnă lă|bōr |
Let barbarian Memphis be silent about the marvels of its pyramids and do not let Assyrian labor boast of Babylon |
- γʹ Pliny, Naturalis Historia 36.17:
| haec sunt pyramidum miracula, supremumque illud, ne quis regum opes miretur, minimam ex iis, sed laudatissimam, a Rhodopide meretricula factam. | These are the marvels of the pyramids, and the greatest of all—lest anyone marvel at the riches of kings—is that the smallest but most admired of them was built by Rhodopis, a courtesan. |
