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..."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..."
