pumiceos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pumiceus, pumicea, pumiceum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
made of pumice stone or similar volcanic rock;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Pseudole. PS. O, miserrime. CAL. Quin fles? PS. Pumiceos oculos habeo: non queo lacrumam exorare ut expuant unam..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...limina nec paruos cessant ostendere natos. sic ubi pumiceo pastor rapturus ab antro armatas erexit apes, fremit aspera..."
