philtra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →philtrum, philtri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
love-potion;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."