apophoreta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →apophoretus, apophoreta, apophoretum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
designed (for guests) to take with them (of presents);
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →apophoretum, apophoreti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
presents (pl.) for guests to take with them;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...scypho circumferri coeperunt, puerque super hoc positus officium apophoreta recitavit. "Argentum sceleratum": allata est perna, supra quam acetabula..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...dapsile, ut macellarios adiuvaret. Dabat sicut Saturnalibus viris apophoreta, ita per Kal. Mart. feminis. Et tamen..."
