cygnos
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);
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc hunc impurissimum, barbatum, tremulum Tithonum, qui cluet Cygno patre, ita mihi imperas ut ego huius membra atque..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...candidas ales modo mouit alas, dulcior uocem moriente cygno; fronte nunc torua petulans iuuencus uirginum strauit sua terga..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...lucos dum petit et molles agitat Venus aurea cygnos, Pergameas intrasse domos ubi maximus aegris auxiliator adest..."
