paleam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →palea, paleae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
chaff, husk;
acc. sg.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Accessere continuo duo servi et symphonia strepente scrutari paleam coeperunt, erutaque subinde pavonina ova divisere convivis. Convertit..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...flammarum longos a tergo albescere tractus; saepe leuem paleam et frondes uolitare caducas aut summa nantis in aqua..."