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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...caccabo fecit modo. Quo margarita cara tibi, bacam Indicam? An ut matrona ornata phaleris pelagiis tollat pedes indomita..." - Q
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..."