Meaning of specus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. cave, grotto
   declension-4, feminine, masculine, neuter
2. ditch, canal, drain
   declension-4, feminine, masculine, neuter
3. pit
   declension-4, feminine, masculine, neuter
4. chasm, abyss
   declension-4, feminine, masculine, neuter
5. cavity
   declension-4, feminine, masculine, neuter, poetic
6. Equivalent to 'cave': Acronym of citizens against virtually everything; people who oppose the construction of any type of structure.

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Examples

“Quārē age hūc aditum ferēns perge linquere Thespiae rūpis Āoniōs specūs, nympha quōs super irrigat”

So come here approaching, proceed to leave the Aonian caves of the Thespian rock, which the cooling nymph Aganippe showers from above.

“Hīc specus horrendum et saevī spīracula Dītis mōnstrantur, ruptōque ingēns Acherōnte vorāgō pestiferās aperit faucēs, quīs condita Erīnȳs, invīsum nūmen, terrās caelumque levābat. Here the horrible cave and the breathing hole of the cruel Dis is shown, and a giant whirlpool, with the Acheron burst forth,”

hated god, relieved the Earth and the heavens by hiding.

“Specūs fēminīnō genere prōnūntiābant antīquī, ut metus et nepos;[…] Pācuvius in Chrȳsē: 'Est ibi sub eō saxō penitus strāta harēnā ingēns specus.'”

The old writers said specus in the feminine gender, as they did metus and nepos; […] Pacuvius in Chryses: 'There's a huge cave paved with sand deep within under that rock.'

“In Baiānō autem aedificāns tantā ardēbat cūrā, ut architectō permīserit vel ut suam pecūniam consūmeret, dummodo perdūceret specūs ē piscīnīs in mare obiectā mōle, quā aestus bis cotīdiē ab exortā lūnā ad proximam novam introīre ac redīre rūrsus in mare posset ac refrīgerāre piscīnās.”

But while building in Baiae he burned with such an enthusiasm that he allowed the architect to spend money as if his own, if he would run canals from the ponds, with the boulder thrown away in the sea, so that the tide could enter and exit back into the sea twice a day from the appareance of the moon until the next new moon and cool the ponds.

“[…] reddit specus ātri vulneris undam”

[…] the cavity of the dark wound gives back a foaming flow, and the iron grows warm inside the punctured lung.

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