apyrina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →apyrinus, apyrina, apyrinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
lacking a hard kernel (of fruit); with soft kernel/seeds;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →apyrinum, apyrini:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
pomegranate (kind with soft kernels);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ponat, et Aetolo de sue dives edat. XLII. Apyrina et tubures. Non tibi de Libycis tubures et apyrina..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...mediocritas morbi. 'Sic' inquit 'sapiens inperturbatus dicitur quomodo apyrina dicuntur non quibus nulla inest duritia granorum sed quibus..."
