psittace
Dictionary entries
- Entry →psittacus, psittaci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
parrot;
voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tacentemardua magnamimi revirescet gloria Blaesi. IV. PSITTACVS EIVSDEM Psittace dux volucrum, domini facunda voluptas,humanae sollers imitator, psittace..."- P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...Argolico iuvenis Phoceus Orestae, hoc tibi, dum licuit, psittace, turtur erat. Quid tamen ista fides, quid rari forma..."