lituus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lituus, litui:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
curved staff carried by augurs; a kind of war-trumpet curved at one end;
nom. sg.
Examples
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...arguerat Iulius Hyginus grammaticus; et ibidem, quid sit lituus; deque etymologiai vocis eius. IX. Historia de Croesi filio..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...arguerat Iulius Hyginus grammaticus; et ibidem, quid sit lituus; deque etimologiai vocis eius. Ipse Quirinali lituo parvaque sedebat..."