petulci
Dictionary entries
- Entry →petulcus, petulca, petulcum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
butting;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...tremulis cum vocibus haedi cornigeras norunt matres agnique petulci balantum pecudes; ita, quod natura resposcit, ad sua quisque..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...pabula venti ferre domum prohibent—neque oves haedique petulci floribus insultent aut errans bucula campo decutiat rorem..."
