eruca
Dictionary entries
- Entry →eruca, erucae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rocket (rocquette), cruciformous herb (Eruca sativa); (salad/aphrodisiac);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...desit, luctaris demens tu tamen arrigere. Sed nihil erucae faciunt bulbique salaces, inproba nec prosunt iam satureia tibi..."- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...sine aceto, quod Methymnaeam vitio mutaverit uvam. erucas viridis, inulas ego primus amaras monstravi incoquere; inlutos Curtillus echinos..."
