alicam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alica, alicae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
emmer (wheat) (Triticum dicoccum) groats/grits; porridge/gruel made with these;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...datur, si sapis, adde piper. VI. Alica. Nos alicam, poterit mulsum tibi mittere dives. Si tibi noluerit mittere..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Saturni Mittebat Umber aliculam mihi pauper; Nunc mittit alicam: factus est enim dives. LXXXII Effugere in thermis..."
