asterion
Dictionary entries
- Entry →asterion, asterii:
Neuter · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
venomous spider;
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...occupat Alcides aliud mare, cetera pubes dividitur. celer Asterion, quem matre cadentem Peresius gemino fovit pater amne Cometes..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...spumeus et genero tumuit Ioue), quos celer ambit Asterion Dryopumque trahens Erasinus aristas, et qui rura domant Epidauria..."