socculum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →socculus, socculi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
little soccus/low-heeled Greek slipper/shoe;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...excusant et negant id insolentiae causa factum, aiunt socculum auratum, immo aureum, margaritis distinctum ostendere eum uoluisse..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Messalina petit, ut sibi pedes praeberet excalciandos; detractumque socculum dextrum inter togam tunicasque gestavit assidue, nonnumquam osculabundus. Narcissi..."