suillus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sŭillus, a, um, adj. [sus], of or belonging to swine.

I Adj. : pecus, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 1; Col. 7, 9, 14: grex, Liv. 22, 10: genus, Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212: rostrum, id. 8, 33, 51, § 121: caro, swine’s flesh , pork , Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8: lac, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 116: fungi, an inferior kind of mushroom, black hogmushrooms , id. 22, 23, 47, § 96; Mart. 3, 60, 5. —

II Subst.: sŭilla , ae, f. (sc. caro), pork , Cels. 3, 9; 5, 26, 30; Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 38.

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