Hymenaeus, Hymenaei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Greek wedding chant/refrain; (personified as a god); marriage, wedding, match;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Hymenaeus | Hymenaei |
| Gen. | Hymenaei | Hymenaeorum |
| Dat. | Hymenaeo | Hymenaeis |
| Acc. | Hymenaeum | Hymenaeos |
| Voc. | Hymenaee | Hymenaei |
| Abl. | Hymenaeo | Hymenaeis |
Examples
- L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...peregrino nubit furtiua marito. Medea Occidimus: aures pepulit hymenaeus meas. uix ipsa tantum, uix adhuc credo malum..." - G
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...parum explicatur, turba concurrit frequens,et coniugalem praefent Hymenaeus facem.Asellus autem, qui solebat pauperiquaestum deferre, stabat portae..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...certa voluntas, conubio iungam stabili propriamque dicabo. hic hymenaeus erit.' non adversata petenti adnuit atque dolis risit Cytherea..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...pinguis linquere mensas, iam veniet virgo, iam dicetur hymenaeus. Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! Cernitis, innuptae..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inmensum croceo velatus amictu aethera digreditur Ciconumque Hymenaeus ad oras tendit et Orphea nequiquam voce vocatur. adfuit ille..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...latum patefecerat orbem, cum Venus et Iuno sociosque Hymenaeus ad ignes conveniunt, potiturque sua puer Iphis Ianthe..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Gradivo conubio Procnes iunxit; non pronuba Iuno, non Hymenaeus adest, non illi Gratia lecto: Eumenides tenuere faces..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Andromedan et tanti praemia facti indotata rapit; taedas Hymenaeus Amorque praecutiunt; largis satiantur odoribus ignes, sertaque dependent tectis..."