cypron
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cypros, cypri:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
henna-tree, Egyptian privet Lawsonia inermis; tree which yielded cyprium (L+S);
acc. sg. - Entry →Cypros, Cypri:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Cyprus; (island);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cinaedus et castissima pruriat puella: infamem nimio calore Cypron observes moneo precorque, Flacce, messes area cum teret crepantis..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...oppida in Syria, quot in Macedonia devorata sunt! Cypron quotiens vastavit haec clades! Quotiens in se Paphus corruit..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...harena. vecta levi curru medias Cytherea per auras Cypron olorinis nondum pervenerat alis: agnovit longe gemitum morientis..."
