caenum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caena, caenae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dinner/supper, principle Roman meal (evening); course; meal; company at dinner;
gen. pl. - Entry →caenum, caeni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mud, mire, filth, slime, dirt, uncleanness; (of persons) scum/filth;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Planissume. PS. Fraudulente. CAL. Impure. PS. Leno. CAL. Caenum. BAL. Cantores probos. CAL. Verberavisti patrem atque matrem..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quam recreare videtur. at contra nobis caenum taeterrima cum sit spurcities, eadem subus haec iucunda videtur, insatiabiliter toti..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...essent mimica et inepta, quae interdum in hoc caenum, in has sordes abicerentur, quae denique ille furcifer..."
