burrum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →burrus, burra, burrum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
red;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →burra, burrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
small cow with a red mouth/muzzle; shaggy garment; trifles (pl.), nonsense;
gen. pl.
Examples
- P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Neroni esset. post Seneca hactenus promptius, [ut] respiceret Burrum ac s[c]iscitaretur, an militi imperanda caedes esset..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Claudius militiae ad labores vocaretur, servilibus iussis obtemperaturus. Burrum tamen et Senecam multa rerum experientia cognitos; et imperatori..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...fore disciplinam adseverante uxore, transfertur regimen cohortium ad Burrum Afranium, egregiae militaris famae, gnarum tamen cuius sponte praeficeretur..."