alcyonae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alcyone, alcyones:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
halcyon; kingfisher; sea birds (pl.);
dat. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...repete assuetos iam tibi questus atque aequoreas uince Alcyonas, uince et uolucres Pandionias: grauior namque his fortuna..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...anxia lectum seque toro ponit: renovat lectusque torusque Alcyonae lacrimas et quae pars admonet absit. Portibus exierant..."
