eculei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →eculeus, eculei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
little horse, colt; rack, instrument of torture;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...effrenata et attonita apparatusque illi reddendus est suus, eculei et fidiculae et ergastula et cruces et circumdati defossis..."XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...minime velis scire carissimos, quaedam non possis verberibus, eculeis eruere, et plerosque videas fortiter supra sua secreta morientis..."VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...flagella mutaverint, ego tamen vidi. si vocem in eculeis ignibusque perdidero, ego tamen vidi. si totus undique dolor..."