holuscula
Dictionary entries
- Entry →holusculum, holusculi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
vegetables (in depreciatory sense);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- D
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..." - Q
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..."