pistrix
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pistrix, pistricis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
pounder (female) of far (emmer wheat); miller/baker;; sea monster; whale; sawfish; light oared vessel;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pulchro pectore virgo pube tenus, postrema inmani corpore pistrix delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum. Huic tamen Scyllae fera..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...belua immensam trahit squamosa partem. talis extremo mari pistrix citatas sorbet aut frangit rates. Tremuere terrae, fugit attonitum..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pulchro pectore virgo pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum. praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare..."