peloris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →peloris, peloridis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
mussel; giant mussel (L+S); large edible shellfish; clam (Cal);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...duobus erat. Tu Lucrina uoras, me pascit aquosa peloris: non minus ingenua est et mihi, Marce, gula..."- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ipsaque uocem perdidit Argo. Quid cum Siculi uirgo Pelori, rabidos utero succincta canes, omnis pariter soluit hiatus? quis..." 
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...praepete pontus. aequore Trinacrio refugique a parte Pelori stat rupes horrenda fretis, quot in aethera surgit molibus, infernas..."- P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...admoverit orae ventus, et angusti rarescent claustra Pelori, laeva tibi tellus et longo laeva petantur aequora circuitu; dextrum..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Romethiumque legit Caulonaque Naryciamque evincitque fretum Siculique angusta Pelori Hippotadaeque domos regis Temesesque metalla Leucosiamque petit tepidique rosaria..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...generosae fertile testae: murice Baiano melior Lucrina peloris, ostrea Circeis, Miseno oriuntur echini, pectinibus patulis iactat se molle..."