lolium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lolium, loli(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
darnel/lolium; (grass found as weed in grain); (mistakenly) cockle, tares;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Ecloga V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...Apollo. Grandia saepe quibus mandauimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur auenae; pro molli uiola, pro purpureo..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...aspera silua lappaeque tribolique, interque nitentia culta infelix lolium et steriles dominantur auenae. quod nisi et adsiduis herbam..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sideraque ventique nocent, avidaeque volucres semina iacta legunt; lolium tribulique fatigant triticeas messes et inexpugnabile gramen. '"Tum caput..."