struthocamelum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →struthocamelus, struthocameli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
ostrich;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Fidum Cornelium, Nasonis Ouidi generum, cum illum Corbulo struthocamelum depilatum dixisset; aduersus alia maledicta mores et uitam conuulnerantia..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Rogo, inquam, noli clamare: ego tibi pro ansere struthocamelum reddam." Dum haec me stupente in lectulo sedet anserisque..."