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
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...atque occasio. iam dudum meum ille pectus pnngit aculeus, quid illi negoti fuerit ante aedis meas. nam epistula..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...etiam gloriosius se pugnare putant; iidem, cum aculeus sagittae aut glandis abditae introrsus tenui uulnere in speciem urit..."
