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passer , ĕris, m. for panser, from pando; cf. anser.
I. Lit., a sparrow, Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 75; cf. Plin. 10, 36, 52, § 107; 10, 38, 54, § 111; 18, 17, 45, § 158; 30, 15, 49, § 141; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 63; 1, 33, 72; Cat. 2, 1 sq.; 3, 3 sq.; Juv. 9, 54; Mart. 11, 6, 16; Juv. 6, 8; Vulg. Lev. 14. 4.—As a term of endearment: “meus pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus,” Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.—
II. Transf.
A. Passer marinus. an ostrich (marinus, because brought from a distance by sea), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; Aus. Ep. 11, 7; Fest. p. 222 Müll.—In this signif. also passer alone, Inscr. Grut. 484, 6.—
B. A seafish, a turbot, Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72; Ov. Hal. 125; Hor. S. 2, 8, 29; Col. 8, 16, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 14
    • Plautus, Persa, 2.2
    • Horace, Satires, 2.8.29
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.72
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.107
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.23
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.30
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.16.7
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