canoris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canor, canoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
song, vocal music; tune, melody; birdsong; music of instruments; poetic strain;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →canorum, canori:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Literature
melody, charm (in speaking);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →canorus, canora, canorum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
melodious, harmonious; resonant, ringing, sonorous; tuneful; songful, vocal;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...abundis et collucentibus totiusque villae venustate aquis undique canoris atque avibus personante. Erat ibidem nobiscum simul adulescens philosophiae..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...studiis indignum ferre laborem cogetur posthac, nectit quicumque canoris eloquium uocale modis laurumque momordit. hoc agite, o iuuenes..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...turba, uenitis addere rebus opem; tuque, o Permesse, canoris et felix Olmie uadis, armastis alumnos bellorum resides. patriis..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cineres umbramque priorem quaeris adhuc, sic exsequias amplexa canori coniugis ingentes iterasti pectore planctus, iam mea. nec pietas..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...manis accersere coniugis Orpheus Threicia fretus cithara fidibusque canoris, si fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit itque reditque viam..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...commixtus corpore fetus. auia tum resonant auibus uirgulta canoris, et Venerem certis repetunt armenta diebus; parturit almus ager..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Parthenopeia dextra moenia deseruit, laeva de parte canori Aeolidae tumulum et, loca feta palustribus ulvis, litora Cumarum vivacisque..."
