crotones
Dictionary entries
- Entry →croto, crotonis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
castor-oil tree (Ricinus communis);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Eumolpium congesserunt. <. . .> [CXXV] Dum haec magno tempore Crotone aguntur <. . .> et Eumolpus felicitate plenus prioris fortunae esset oblitus statum..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...oppugnationem appareret, eo maturius ad se defecturos. Crotone nec consilium unum inter populares nec uoluntas erat. unus uelut..."