cycnus
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);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...LXXVII. Cycni. Dulcia defecta modulatur carmina lingua cantator cycnus funeris ipse sui. LXXVIII. Porphyriones. Nomen habet magni volucris..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tinctis, Laetine, capillis, tam subito coruus, qui modo cycnus eras. Non omnes fallis; scit te Proserpina canum: personam..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fluctusque Simois caede purpureos agens, non niuea proles Cycnus aequorei dei, non bellicoso Thressa cum Rheso phalanx..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...stamine portat et volat amborum patrius de pectore cycnus. at tibi collectas solvit iam fibula vestes ostenditque umeros..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...saeua minatur. forsitan et uicto prior isset Arione Cycnus, sed uetat aequoreus uinci pater: hinc uice iusta gloria..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fundebat, ut olim carmina iam moriens canit exequialia cycnus; luctibus extremum tenues liquefacta medullas tabuit inque leves paulatim..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Sigea rubebant litora, iam leto proles Neptunia, Cycnus, mille viros dederat, iam curru instabat Achilles totaque Peliacae sternebat..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mittit gestanda Latinis. Adfuit huic monstro proles Stheneleia Cycnus, qui tibi materno quamvis a sanguine iunctus, mente tamen..."