cyane
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cyanus, cyani:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precious stone (like lapis-lazuli); blue cornflower/blue-bottle Centaurea cyanus
voc. sg. - Entry →cyanos, cyani:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
precious stone (like lapis-lazuli); blue cornflower/blue-bottle Centaurea cyanus
voc. sg.
Examples
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...hospitis adfectu dominum regemque salutat, et cum uenali Cyane succincta lagona. defensor culpae dicet mihi 'fecimus..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Corintho, inter inaequales posuerunt moenia portus. '"Est medium Cyanes et Pisaeae Arethusae, quod coit angustis inclusum cornibus aequor..."