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..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...dicenti fides, offendit. Singulae enim gallinae altiles pro turdis circumlatae sunt et ova anserina pilleata, quae ut comessemus..."
