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vitellus

vitellus, the yellow part of an egg, yolk, yelk

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uitellos Noun: masculine accusative plural of vitellus

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vĭtellus, i, m. dim. [vitulus]. *
  • A little calf, as a term of endearment, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 77 (667).—
  • II Transf., the yolk of an egg, Cels. 6, 6, 1; Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134; Petr. 33, 8; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 148; Hor. S. 2, 4, 14; 2, 4, 57; Mart. 13, 40, 1.—Called also vĭtellum, i, n., Apic. 4, 1; Varr. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31.

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