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
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..."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..."
