pelve
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pelvis, pelvis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
shallow bowl or basin;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...feras miserabile tecum, ut sint contentae patulas defundere pelves. Ebrius ac petulans, qui nullum forte cecidit, dat poenas..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...enim more pueri capillati attulerunt unguentum in argentea pelve pedesque recumbentium unxerunt, cum ante crura talosque corollis vinxissent..."