locustas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →locusta, locustae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
locust; crustacean, lobster (w/marina/maris);
acc. pl.
Examples
- P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cohortis tribuno, cuius cura attinebatur damnata veneficii nomine Locusta, multa scelerum fama. nam ut proximus quisque Britannico neque..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...mentem et mortem differret. deligitur artifex talium vocabulo Locusta, nuper veneficii damnata et diu inter instrumenta regni habita..."