bacam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →baca, bacae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
berry, fruit of tree/shrub; olive; pearl; piece/bead of coral;
acc. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...caccabo fecit modo. Quo margarita cara tibi, bacam Indicam? An ut matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis tollat pedes indomita..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...scilicet ut deciens solidum absorberet, aceto diluit insignem bacam: qui sanior ac si illud idem in rapidum flumen..."