alcyonen
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alcyone, alcyones:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
halcyon; kingfisher; sea birds (pl.);
acc. sg.
Examples
- P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...temperat, et saltus reficit iam roscida luna, litoraque alcyonen resonant, acalanthida dumi. Quid tibi pastores Libyae, quid pascua..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...neque propositos pelagi dimittere cursus, nec vult Alcyonen in partem adhibere pericli multaque respondit timidum solantia pectus..."