cygni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cygnus, cygni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
swan; (favorable omen); (drawing chariot of Venus);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...cedat Phaethontia vulgifabula: non soli celebrant sua funera cygni. At tibi quanta domus rutila testudine fulgens,conexusque ebori..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...nitidos domus alta penates claraque, gaudentes plauserunt limina cygni. Digna deae sedes, nitidis nec sordet ab astris..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...forma requiris, ut non cycnorum, sic albis proxima cygnis. vix equidem has sedes et Iapygis arida Dauni arva..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...vestro corpore multa latent. Lusus habet finem: cygnis descendere tempus, Duxerunt collo qui iuga nostra suo. Ut quondam..."