porcelli
Dictionary entries
- Entry →porcellus, porcelli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
piglet; suckling pig;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...altera caryatis, altera thebaicis repleta. Circa autem minores porcelli ex coptoplacentis facti, quasi uberibus imminerent, scrofam esse positam..."Liber V
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...esse quauis dignum poena iudico. IV. Asinus et Porcelli Hordeum Quidam immolasset uerrem cum sancto Herculi..."
