alcyon
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alcyon, alcyonis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
halcyon; kingfisher; sea birds (pl.);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...septimo aequinoctium ab aequinoctio. Dies deinde illos, quibus alcyones hieme anni in aqua nidulantur, eos quoque septem esse..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...olores Histrum cycnus Tanainque colens extrema loqui, licet alcyones Ceyca suum fluctu leuiter plangente sonent, cum tranquillo male..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...confinia ponti. fluctiuagam sic saepe domum madidosque penates Alcyone deserta gemit, cum pignora saeuus Auster et algentes rapuit..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...imis nocte dieque tenes. non sic Trachinia nidos Alcyone, vernos non sic Philomela penates circumit amplectens animamque..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...solem pennas in litore pandunt dilectae Thetidi alcyones, non ore solutos immundi meminere sues iactare maniplos. at nebulae..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Oetaeus; cum quis simul ipse parabat ire, sed Alcyone coniunx excita tumultu prosilit et nondum totos ornata capillos..."