alutam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aluta, alutae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
piece/kind of soft leather (prepared with alum); purse/pouch; shoe; beauty patch
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ulcus habet; ulcus habet Priami quod tendere possit alutam quodque senem Pelian non sinat esse senem; ulcus habet..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...sarcinis iubet. Ego cum Gitone quicquid erat in alutam compono, et adoratis sideribus intro navigium. <. . .> [C] "Molestum..."