albuci
Dictionary entries
- Entry →albucum, albuci:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
variety of asphodel/its stalk/reeds; (immortal lily, covered Elysian fields);
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →albucus, albuci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
bulb of the asphodel; the plant itself;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...idem Lucilius, apud quem praeclare Scaevola: Graecum te, Albuci, quam Romanum atque Sabinum, municipem Ponti, Tritani, centurionum, praeclarorum..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...urbe. Cervius iratus leges minitatur et urnam, Canidia Albuci, quibus est inimica, venenum, grande malum Turius, siquid..."
