vitellos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vitellus, vitelli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
little calf; (term of endearment);; yolk, yolk of egg;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Candida si croceos circumfluit unda vitellos, Hesperius scombri temperet ova liquor. XLI. Porcellus lactans. Lacte mero pastum pigrae..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...esse", persecutus putamen manu, pinguissimam ficedulam inveni piperato vitello circumdatam. [XXXIV] Iam Trimalchio eadem omnia lusu intermisso poposcerat..."
