cycnum
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. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →cycnon, cycni:
Neuter · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
kind of eye-salve;
gen. pl.
Examples
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...nomine tantum insignis? nanum cuiusdam Atlanta uocamus, Aethiopem Cycnum, prauam extortamque puellam Europen; canibus pigris scabieque uetusta leuibus..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Thoen, rapidum Danaeius augur Ascheton increpitans meritumque uocabula Cycnum. audit et Herculeum Strymon Chromin, Euneon audit igneus Aetion..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sonantem agminis aligeri, subito cum lapsus ad undas cycnum excellentem pedibus rapit improbus uncis. arrexere animos Itali, cunctaeque..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Amor, vestrum) formaeque insigne paternae. namque ferunt luctu Cycnum Phaethontis amati, populeas inter frondes umbramque sororum dum canit..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...revellit: qualis ubi aut leporem aut candenti corpore cycnum sustulit alta petens pedibus Iovis armiger uncis, quaesitum..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Peliacae sternebat cuspidis ictu agmina perque acies aut Cycnum aut Hectora quaerens congreditur Cycno (decimum dilatus in annum..."
