philtra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →philtrum, philtri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
love-potion;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...alumnos. hic magicos adfert cantus, hic Thessala uendit philtra, quibus ualeat mentem uexare mariti et solea pulsare natis..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...servari carmine posset amor. Nec data profuerint pallentia philtra puellis: Philtra nocent animis, vimque furoris habent. Sit procul..."