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
- L
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..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...capite humano natus, in Lucanis in agro publico eculeus cum quinque pedibus. foeda omnia et deformia errantisque..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ingens, ita ut unde aduenissent parum constaret, compleuit; eculeus Reate cum quinque pedibus natus; Anagniae sparsi primum ignes..."