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
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..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bonorum Messenae in media Peloponneso factas et hospitem Cyparissiae Charitelen contra ius omne ac fas inter epulas prope..."
