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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...suam sententiam promere, et: "Fingite, inquit, nos antrum Cyclopis intrasse. Quaerendum est aliquod effugium, nisi naufragium ponimus..." - P
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..." - P
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..."