aculeus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aculeus, aculei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sting, spine, thorn, prickle, point, spike; barb; pang, prick; sarcasm;
nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...atque occasio. iam dudum meum ille pectus pnngit aculeus, quid illi negoti fuerit ante aedis meas. nam epistula..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...etiam gloriosius se pugnare putant; iidem, cum aculeus sagittae aut glandis abditae introrsus tenui uulnere in speciem urit..."
