saliva
Dictionary entries
- Entry →saliva, salivae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
spittle; distinctive flavor;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...muliebria conserat arva, adfigunt avide corpus iunguntque salivas oris et inspirant pressantes dentibus ora, ne quiquam, quoniam nihil..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...bene ac beate? a te sudor abest, abest saliva, mucusque et mala pituita nasi. hanc ad munditiem adde..."