cucumis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cucumis, cucumeris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Agriculture
cucumber;
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cucumis, cucumeris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
cucumber (plant/fruit); kind of marine animal (sea cucumber?);
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cucumis, cucumeris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
cucumber (plant/fruit); kind of marine animal (sea cucumber?);
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cucuma, cucumae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
large cooking vessel/kettle; (humorously a small bath);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...radix fuit? OL. Non fuit. PAR. Num cucumis? OL. Profecto hercle * * * non fuit quicquam holerum: Nisi quicquid erat..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quam Cosmi folium piperve crudum; in quo nec cucumis jacere rectus nec serpens habitare tota possit. Urucam male..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...apio ripae, tortusque per herbam cresceret in ventrem cucumis; nec sera comantem narcissum aut flexi tacuissem vimen acanthi..."
