asilos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →asilus, asili:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gadfly; horse-fly;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...iuxta ilicibusque virentem plurimus Alburnum volitans, cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestrum Grai vertere vocantes, asper, acerba sonans..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...monet meminisse novercae. continuo, volucri ceu pectora tactus asilo emicuit Calabris taurus per confraga saeptis obvia quaeque ruens..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...circa ilicibusque uirentem plurimus Alburnum uolitans, cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestrum Grai uertere uocantes, asper, acerba sonans..."