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..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...esse", persecutus putamen manu, pinguissimam ficedulam inveni piperato vitello circumdatam. [XXXIV] Iam Trimalchio eadem omnia lusu intermisso poposcerat..."