anthedon
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anthedon, (gen.), anthedonis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
thorn-tree; [(mespilus) anthedon => oriental thorn (Crataegus orientalis)];
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - Entry →anthedon, anthedonis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
- Geography:
- Greece
species of medlar-tree, Greek medlar (Mespilus tanacet);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples

Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...meatu Euripum, qua noster, habent teque, ultima tractu Anthedon, ubi gramineo de litore Glaucus poscentes inrupit aquas..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aliquid iuncosaque litora Boebes; carpsit et Euboica vivax Anthedone gramen, nondum mutato vulgatum corpore Glauci. Et iam nona..."
