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insulas

insulas is a Latin form of insula, meaning “island; apartment block”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 85 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.9.6: ac iam ut omnia contra opinionem acciderent, tamen se plurimum navibus posse, [quam] Romanos neque ullam facultatem habere navium, neque eorum locorum ubi bellum gesturi essent vada, portus, insulas novisse;

Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.10.22.2: Exul et profugus feralis illius tabulae, vir summae quidem sed calamitosae virtutis malis suis maria terrasque permiscuit; et iam Africae, iam Balearibus insulis fortunam expertus usque in Oceanum Fortunatasque Insulas penetravit consiliis, tandem Hispaniam armavit.

All forms of insula (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.