talorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →talus, tali:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
ankle; ankle/pastern bone; sheep knucklebone (marked for dice); dice game (pl.);
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dices magna dedisse tibi. XV Tesserae. Non sim talorum numero par tessera, dum sit Maior, quam talis, alea..."- L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...inter illos puerosque interesse quis dixerit quod illis talorum nucumue et aeris minuti auaritia est, his auri argentique..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Tantum mobilitas illa decoris habet. Parva monere pudet, talorum dicere iactus Ut sciat, et vires, tessera missa, tuas..."