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..."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..."