centone
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cento, centonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
patchwork quilt, blanket or curtain made of old garments sewn together; rags;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...locus; proin tu alium quaeras cui centones sarcias. atque haec stultitiast me illi vitio vortere egomet quod factitavi..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...nigrum flauo crinem abscondente galero intrauit calidum ueteri centone lupanar et cellam uacuam atque suam; tunc nuda papillis..." - T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aedilibus curulibus Cn. Seruilio Caepione Ap. Claudio Centone propter prodigia, quae euenerant. terra mouit; in fanis publicis..."