obrussae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obrussus, obrussa, obrussum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fine (gold); refined; assayed, tested (OLD);
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - Entry →obrussa, obrussae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
assay; test; assaying/testing of gold; [aurum ad ~ => tested/fine gold];
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...alienum non venturus arbitrium probatur; haec eius obrussa est. Non potest athleta magnos spiritus ad certamen afferre..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...etiam periscelides resolvit et reticulum aureum, quem ex obrussa esse dicebat. Notavit haec Trimalchio iussitque afferri omnia..."
