eculeus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →eculeus, eculei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
little horse, colt; rack, instrument of torture;
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...diversum articulis exeuntibus tortos: plus est flamma et eculeus et lamina et vulneribus ipsis intumescentibus quod illa renovaret..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...capite humano natus, in Lucanis in agro publico eculeus cum quinque pedibus. foeda omnia et deformia errantisque..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ingens, ita ut unde aduenissent parum constaret, compleuit; eculeus Reate cum quinque pedibus natus; Anagniae sparsi primum ignes..."