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
- T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hodie, virgo. VIRGO Amabo, mi pater, quamquam libenter escis alienis studes, tuin ventris causa filiam vendas tuam..." - M
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..."
