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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - Q
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..." - Q
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..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...equos et pater et res, nec, siquid fricti ciceris probat et nucis emptor, aequis accipiunt animis donantue corona..."