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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..."