calamistros
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calamister, calamistri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
curling-tongs/iron; excessive flourish in discourse;
acc. pl.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...labra possumus tumore taeterrimo implere numquid et crines calamistro convertere? Numquid et frontes cicatricibus scindere? Numquid et crura..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Gracchi impetum aut L. Crassi maturitatem quam calamistros Maecenatis aut tinnitus Gallionis: adeo melius est orationem vel hirta..."