cycnos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cycnus, cycni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
swan; (favorable omen); (drawing chariot of Venus);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...iactare colorem et nigros fieri nigro de semine cycnos aut alio quovis uno varioque colore. Quin etiam quanto..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...dirimente Sabina, rara auis in terris nigroque simillima cycno, quis feret uxorem cui constant omnia? malo, malo Venustinam..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Leda ministros? quae capta est alio nuda Lacaena cycno? dat faciem Pollux Hiero, dat Castor Asylo, atque..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Quaedam me cupit,— inuide, Procille!— loto candidior puella cycno, argento, niue, lilio, ligustro: sed quandam uolo nocte nigriorem..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vani docuere parentes. Aspice bis senos laetantis agmine cycnos, aetheria quos lapsa plaga Iovis ales aperto turbabat caelo..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...infelix amisit Mantua campum pascentem niueos herboso flumine cycnos: non liquidi gregibus fontes, non gramina deerunt, et quantum..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...perque acies aut Cycnum aut Hectora quaerens congreditur Cycno (decimum dilatus in annum Hector erat): tum colla iugo..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vigili Capitolia voce cederet anseribus nec amanti flumina cycno. lingua fuit damno: lingua faciente loquaci qui color albus..."