altiles
Dictionary entries
- Entry →altilis, altilis, altile:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
fattened, fat, raised/fed up for eating; rich (dowry); well-fed, pampered;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.) - Entry →altilis, altilis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
table bird, fattened bird/fowl;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fertur alitum primus Ionicarum gustus attagenarum. LXII. Gallinae altiles. Pascitur et dulci facilis gallina farina, pascitur et tenebris..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...dicenti fides, offendit. Singulae enim gallinae altiles pro turdis circumlatae sunt et ova anserina pilleata, quae ut comessemus..."
