arce

arce is a Latin form of arx, meaning “citadel, fortress; height, summit”. It is the ablative singular feminine noun.

Found 246 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.84.1: Vercingetorix ex arce Alesiae suos conspicatus ex oppido egreditur; crates, longurios, musculos, falces reliquaque quae eruptionis causa paraverat profert.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.44: … debemus; quaerit enim auxilium: Quíd petam praésidi aut éxequar quóve nunc Aúxilio éxili aút fugae fréta sim? Árce et urbe órba sum. quo áccidam? quo ápplicem? Cuí nec arae pátriae domi stant, fráctae et disiectaé iacent, Fá …

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 67: Romani milites, improuiso metu incerti ignarique, quid potissimum facerent, trepidare. Arce oppidi, ubi signa et scuta erant, praesidium hostium, portae ante clausae fuga prohibebant; ad hoc mulieres p …

All forms of arx (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.