cottanorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cottanum, cottani:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
- Geography:
- Near East
kind of small fig; (grown in Syria);
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tamen hoc munus pauperis esse solet. XXVIII. Vas cottanorum. Haec tibi quae torta venerunt condita meta, si maiora..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Caricaeve? nusquam turbine conditus ruenti prunorum globus atque cottanorum? non enlychnia sicca, non replictae bulborum tunicae..."