culcitam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →culcita, culcitae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mattress, stuffed (feathers/wool/hair) pillow/cushion for bed/couch; eye patch;
acc. sg.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sortitust mihi. Si sors autem decolassit, gladium faciam culcitam Eumque incumbam. sed progreditur optume eccum Olympio. OLYMPIO. LYSIDAMVS..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...subiret annecteretque pedes et manus institis, quibus sponda culcitam ferebat, ac sic ut olim Vlixes pro arieti adhaesisset..."