pelve
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pelvis, pelvis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
shallow bowl or basin;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...enim more pueri capillati attulerunt unguentum in argentea pelve pedesque recumbentium unxerunt, cum ante crura talosque corollis vinxissent..."