discum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →discus, disci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
disk/disc; discus; disk-shaped object; dish; gong; form of sundial; dial; CD;; paten (Greek rite); high table (Latham); measure (grain/salt/ale/ore); tray;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...frugi es: ubi? domin? CH. immo apud libertum Discum. AN. perlongest, sed tanto ocius properemu': muta vestem..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...dextram metitur, humique pressus utroque genu collecto sanguine discum ipse super sese rotat atque in nubila condit. ille..."
