cyparissia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cyparissias, cyparissiae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
kind of comet/meteor; kind of fiery meteors (pl.) (L+S);; species of tithymatus/spurge;
abl. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quibus dictum est. Horum genera sunt pogoniae et cyparissiae et lampades et alia omnia, quorum ignis in exitu..." - T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bonorum Messenae in media Peloponneso factas et hospitem Cyparissiae Charitelen contra ius omne ac fas inter epulas prope..."
