aerugo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aerugo, aeruginis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rust of copper, verdigris; canker of the mind, envy, ill-will, avarice;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...illud fugerit': hic nigrae sucus lolliginis, haec est aerugo mera; quod vitium procul afore chartis, atque animo prius..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...Redit uncia, quid fit? " Semis". An, haec animos aerugo et cura peculi cum semel imbuerit, speramus carmina fingi..."
