thecam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →theca, thecae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
case, box; that which encloses, envelope/cover/hull/sheath (L+S); vagina;; suitcase;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pueris abstulit illa natis. XX Theca libraria. Sortitus thecam calamis armare memento: Cetera nos dedimus, tu leviora para..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...retusa, ut pueris discentibus audaciam tonsoris daret, instruxerat thecam. Ideoque nec mercennarius ad raptum ferramentum expaverat, nec Eumolpus..."