ciceri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cicer, ciceris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
chick pea (Cicer aristinum); (as a common food); (rude) testicles, penis?;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fieri", vel Horati, nam id maxime probat: "nec ciceris nec longae invidit avenae", vel Vergili: "Tyrrhenum navigat aequor..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...uanum laborem, qualis illius fuit qui grana ciceris ex spatio distante missa in acum continuo et sine frustratione..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...solveret hospitiis animum. quid multa? neque ille sepositi ciceris nec longae invidit avenae, aridum et ore ferens acinum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...adsisto divinis, inde domum me ad porri et ciceris refero laganique catinum; cena ministratur pueris tribus et lapis..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...equos et pater et res, nec, siquid fricti ciceris probat et nucis emptor, aequis accipiunt animis donantue corona..."