culici
Dictionary entries
- Entry →culex, culicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Agriculture
gnat, midge, similar insect; (poem by Virgil); moving spots before eyes (pl.);; plant (unidentified);
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...continuo culicem contrivit et serpentem interemit ac sepulchrum culici statuit et distichon fecit: "Parve culex, pecudum custos tibi..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...sepulcrum.haec primo iuvenis canes sub aevo,ante annos Culicis Maroniani.cedet Musa rudis ferocis Enni 75et docti furor arduus..."