larvae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →larua, laruae:
Common · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
evil spirit/demon/devil; horrific mask; model skeleton; ghost/specter/hobgoblin;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...primum ex Asia veni. Illud erat vivere. larvas sic istos percolopabant, ut illis Iuppiter iratus esset. Sed memini..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...iocatus, pastorem saltaret uti Cyclopa rogabat: nil illi larva aut tragicis opus esse cothurnis. multa Cicirrus ad haec..."
