cyclopis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cyclops, Cyclopis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
Cyclops; one of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants of Sicily); (esp. Polyphemus);
gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...suam sententiam promere, et: "Fingite, inquit, nos antrum Cyclopis intrasse. Quaerendum est aliquod effugium, nisi naufragium ponimus..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...trepidi crudelia limina linquunt, immemores socii vasto Cyclopis in antro deseruere. domus sanie dapibusque cruentis, intus opaca, ingens..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inmemor esse? ille dedit, quod non anima haec Cyclopis in ora venit, et ut iam nunc lumen vitale..."
