pituitam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pituita, pituitae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
mucus, catarrh, phlegm; pip, disease of poultry; morbid/viscous discharge;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...formidat. Uult ille imbecillitatis sibi suae conscius timere pituitam? Ita uidelicet nati sumus, tam felicia sortiti membra..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tussire et exspuere crebro et ab imo pulmone pituitam trochleis adducere et oris umore proximos spargere et maiorem..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nomine appellatos qui uxore careant ait; Aelius "pituitam" quia petat vitam. XXXVII. Sed cui non post Varronem..."