fucum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fucus, fuci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dye; (as cosmetic) rouge; bee-glue, propolis; presence/disguise/sham; seaweed;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...atque in alienas tegulas venisse clanculum per inpluvium fucum factum mulieri. at quem deum! "qui templa caeli summa..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...luce diei. ergo lintea de summo cum corpore fucum mittunt, effigias quoque debent mittere tenvis res quaeque..."
