palumbem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →palumbes, palumbis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
wood-pigeon, ringdove; dupe, pigeon, mark, gull, one deceived/fooled/cheated;
acc. sg.
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tuam rem tu ages, si sapis. nos tibi palumbem ad aream usque adduximus: nunc te illum meliust capere..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quia enim intellego, duae unum expetitis palumbem, ~ perii harundo alas verberat. non ego istuc facinus mihi, mulier, conducibile..."