sternax
sternax, prostrating, throwing down
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
sternāx, ācis: adj. (sternō), throwing flat; throwing the rider; plunging, 12.364.
sternax, ācis, adj. [sterno],
- that throws to the ground (poet.): equus, that throws his rider, Verg. A. 12, 364; Sil. 1, 261: cives, that fall prostrate, Sid. Ep. 5, 14 fin.; so of a suppliant, id. ib. 4, 12 fin.
sternāx, ācis (sterno), zu Boden zu werfen suchend, equus, das den Reiter abzuwerfen sucht, störrisch, Verg. Aen. 12, 364. Sil. 1, 261: cives, sich zu Boden werfende, demütig bittende, Sidon. epist. 5, 14, 3: u. so v. Bittenden, ibid. 4, 12, 4.
hic et hec et hoc ~ax, -cis, quod facile sternitur
~ax, strasilis, sternibilis, quod facile sternitur
sternāx, (16) ācis (sterno), adj., qui terrasse, qui renverse [son cavalier] : Virg. En. 12, 364 || qui se prosterne : Sid. Ep. 5, 14.
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cervicum humiliatarum, et Sternacium civium suspiriosa contubernia,
peto.sternāx ācis, adj.
- sterno, prostrating, throwing down: equus, that throws his rider, V.