chelydri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chelydrus, chelydri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
venomous water-snake;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...coleret qui Syrtidos arua chersydros, tractique uia fumante chelydri, et semper recto lapsurus limite cenchris: pluribus ille notis..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...roremque ministrat; et tofus scaber et nigris exesa chelydris creta negant alios aeque serpentibus agros dulcem ferre cibum..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lupi; nec defuit illis squamea Cinyphii tenuis membrana chelydri vivacisque iecur cervi; quibus insuper addit ova caputque novem..."