pullorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pullus, pulla, pullum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
blackish, dark colored, of undyed wool as worn in morning;
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →pullus, pulli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
chicken, young hen;
gen. pl. - Entry →pullum, pulli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
dark-gray cloth(es) (as pl.);
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...creatrix, arboribus quoniam bacae glandesque caducae tempestiva dabant pullorum examina supter; unde etiam libitumst stirpis committere ramis..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...pulmone columbae tractato Armenius uel Commagenus haruspex; pectora pullorum rimabitur, exta catelli interdum et pueri; faciet quod deferat..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...gremium; cumque nutriri alitem, pangi ramulum placuisset, tanta pullorum suboles provenit, ut hodieque ea uilla ad Gallinas vocetur..."
