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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."