holuscula
Dictionary entries
- Entry →holusculum, holusculi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
vegetables (in depreciatory sense);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...paruo quae legerat horto ipse focis breuibus ponebat holuscula, quae nunc squalidus in magna fastidit conpede fossor..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...faba Pythagorae cognata simulque uncta satis pingui ponentur holuscula lardo? o noctes cenaeque deum, quibus ipse meique ante..."