castorea
Dictionary entries
- Entry →castoreum, castorei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
castor, aromatic secretion obtained from beaver used medicinally;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pectore latior. si dorso libeat cornipedis uehi, frenis Castorea mobilior manu Spartanum poteris flectere Cyllaron. Ammentum digitis tende..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...tura Sabaei, at Chalybes nudi ferrum uirosaque Pontus castorea, Eliadum palmas Epiros equarum? continuo has leges aeternaque foedera..."