cycneas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cycneus, cycnea, cycneum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
of/pertaining to a swan, swan-like; [vox ~ => swan-song, last utterance];
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...iacerent et contemptus odor smyrnae mellisque sapores, et cycnea mele Phoebeaque daedala chordis carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...solum hoc dicit se cognitum habere Brixia Cycneae supposita speculae, flavus quam molli praecurrit flumine Mella, Brixia Veronae..."
