Hymen, undeclined:
Masculine · Noun · 9th declension · variant: 9th
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Greek wedding chant/refrain; (personified as a god); marriage, wedding, match;
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Suaui cantu concelebra omnem hanc plateam hymenaeo. Io, Hymen hymenaee, o hymen. LY. Quid agis, mea salus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mariti. protinus a Lemno teneri fugistis Amores: mutus Hymen uersaeque faces et frigida iusti cura tori. nullae redeunt..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ille iubet sed peruigil angor. ex quo primus Hymen mouitque infausta sinistram Iuno facem, semper lacrimis gemituque propinquo..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...conditus albo vellere, quo Stellae Violentillaeque professus clamaretur hymen. cedant curaeque metusque, cessent mendaces obliqui carminis astus, fama..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...mihi. thalamis haec tempora nostris? hicne est liber hymen? o dulcia furta dolique, o timor! abripitur miserae permissus..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...rapis teneram ad virum virginem, o Hymenaee Hymen, o Hymen Hymenaee; cinge tempora floribus suave olentis amaraci, flammeum..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inpatiens expersque viri nemora avia lustrat nec, quid Hymen, quid Amor, quid sint conubia curat. saepe pater dixit..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inpatiens expersque viri nemora avia lustrat nec, quid Hymen, quid Amor, quid sint conubia curat. saepe pater dixit..."