vultur

(), (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. (), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 120 P.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 683 ib.; and id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 597, or Ann. v. 141 Vahl.)

a vulture

a vulture.

Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1,… literal •

Lit., Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19; Liv. 41, 21; Verg. A. 6, 597.—As a bird of omen, Liv. 1, 7, 1. —Prov.: vultur profert cornua, for something impossible, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 352.—

a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4. by extension

Transf., a designation of a grasping, avaricious person, Sen. Ep. 95, 43; Mart. 6, 62, 4.

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