turturem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →turtur, turturis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
turtle-dove;
acc. sg.
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...necabam ilico per cerebrum pinna sua sibi, quasi turturem. LYC. Si hercle istuc umquam factum..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Lepide memoras. PIST. Vbi ego capiam pro machaera turturem, [ubique imponat in manum alius mihi pro cestu cantharum..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...rosos tepenti spondylos sinu condit et deuorato capite turturem truncum. Colligere longa turpe nec putat dextra analecta quidquid..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vulva faciet piscem, de lardo palumbam, de perna turturem, de colaepio gallinam. Et ideo ingenio meo impositum..."