cocleam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coclea, cocleae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
snail; (form of) a snail shell; spiral; screw (press/water); winding entrance;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mentulaque, non est dimidio locus Priapo. Vix implet cocleam peracta messis, et mustum nuce condimus picata. Errasti, Lupe..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...possis uel cocleare mihi, (magna nimis loquimur), cocleam cum mittere possis, denique cum possis mittere, Paule, nihil? Archetypum..."