escis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →esca, escae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
food, meat; a dish prepared for the table; victuals; bait (for fish/animals);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hodie, virgo. VIRGO Amabo, mi pater, quamquam libenter escis alienis studes, tuin ventris causa filiam vendas tuam..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...pugnant. negat enim tenuissimo victu, id est contemptissimis escis et potionibus, minorem voluptatem percipi quam rebus exquisitissimis..."
