rhinocerotas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rhinoceros, rhinocerotis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
rhinoceros (African or Indian); rhinoceros horn oil-flask;
acc. pl.
Examples
de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...elisuram, uenit ab Eurydice. XXII Sollicitant pauidi dum rhinocerota magistri seque diu magnae colligit ira ferae, desperabantur promissi..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Gutus corneus Gestavit modo fronte me iuvencus: Verum rhinocerota me putabas. LIII Rhinoceros Nuper in Ausonia domini spectatus..."
