mitulus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mitulus, mituli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
edible mussel; shellfish mold (Cal);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Ostrea tu sumis stagno saturata Lucrino, sugitur inciso mitulus ore mihi; sunt tibi boleti, fungos ego sumo suillos..."- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...praecordia mulso prolueris melius. si dura morabitur alvus, mitulus et viles pellent obstantia conchae et lapathi brevis herba..."
