paelicis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →paelex, paelicis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mistress (installed as rival/in addition to wife), concubine; male prostitute;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quam cruentus feminas stimulat furor, cum patuit una paelici et nuptae domus! Scylla et Charybdis Sicula contorquens freta..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Meminimus matris simul. Nvt. Genus omne profugit. Ph. Paelicis careo metu. Nvt. Aderit maritus. Ph. Nempe Pirithoi comes..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ebur, et lacrimis questuque rogabant: 'aspice sacrilegas Cadmeae paelicis arces, siderei regina poli, tumulumque rebellem disice..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atra refers incendia terris, nec Styge iurata, nec paelicis arte rogatus. quis modus? an nobis pater iratusque bonusque..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ipse micantia sensi fulgura? reliquias etiam fusaeque sepulcrum paelicis et residem ferro petit impia Theben. nectam fraude moras..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tempora distulit irae horriferamque oculis animoque obiecit Erinyn paelicis Argolicae stimulosque in pectore caecos condidit et profugam..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...enim moderatus in illa Solis amor fuerat) stimulataque paelicis ira vulgat adulterium diffamatamque parenti indicat. ille ferox inmansuetusque..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tempora distulit irae horriferamque oculis animoque obiecit Erinyn paelicis Argolicae stimulosque in pectore caecos condidit et profugam..."