penum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pena, penae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Age:
- Medieval
penalty, punishment; revenge/retribution; [poena dare => to pay the penalty];
gen. pl. - Entry →penum, peni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
provisions, food; stock of household; storeroom in temple of Vesta;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →penis, penis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
male sexual organ, penis; (sometimes rude); a tail;
gen. pl. - Entry →penus, penus:
Common · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
provisions, food; stock of household; storeroom in temple of Vesta;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...adeo ut facturus dicam. quando ego tibi ancillas, penum, lanam, aurum, vestem, purpuram bene praebeo nec quicquam eges..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi, laudem lucrum, ludum iocum, festivitatem ferias, pompam penum, potationis saturitatem, gaudium, nec cuiquam homini supplicare *** nunc certum..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...cognoscas meam", quom in cellulam ad te patri' penum omnem congerebam clanculum. PA. age, inepte. CH. hoc hercle..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...enim refert mea eiusque, quicum loquor, quo genere "penum" dicam aut in quas extremas litteras declinem, si nemo..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...villis. Quinquaginta intus famulae, quibus ordine longam cura penum struere, et flammis adolere Penatis; centum aliae totidemque pares..."
