cirros
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cirrus, cirri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
curl/ringlet, curly lock; tuft (on bird head), oyster's beard/tentacles; fringe;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Germani lumina, flauam caesariem et madido torquentem cornua cirro? [nempe quod haec illis natura est omnibus..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...erubescit peierare de turdo et ostreorum rapere liuidos cirros. Buccis placentae sordidam linit mappam; illic et uuae conlocantur..."
