prosecta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prosectum, prosecti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
entrails, that which is cut-off for sacrifice; severed portion/organ of victim;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ieiuna cano, si pectora plenasaepe deo laui calido prosecta cerebro,si quisquis uestris caput extaque lancibus infans 710inposuit..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aduentantem Persei uertice sancto montis, ubi auerso dederat prosecta Tonanti, et caput iratis rediens quassabat ab extis..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Pallada mactatae placabat sanguine vaccae; cuius ut inposuit prosecta calentibus aris, et dis acceptus penetravit in aethera nidor..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...alas inque virum soliti vultus mutare ferinos ambigui prosecta lupi; nec defuit illis squamea Cinyphii tenuis membrana chelydri..."