cyrene
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cyrene, Cyrenes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
Cyrenae (pl.), town in north-west Libia, associated district including Crete;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...funus alumni,quo non Monychiae quicquam praestantius arcesdoctaque Cyrene Sparteve animosa creavit.si tu stirpe vacans famaeque obscura iaceresnil..."- P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...multa querens atque hac adfatus voce parentem: 'Mater, Cyrene mater, quae gurgitis huius ima tenes, quid me praeclara..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...locus Aegyptum ab Africa dividit, secundo mari prima Cyrene est, colonia Theraeon, ac deinceps duae Syrtes interque..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Tyrii mutato nomine Gaddir habent. Apollinis filius et Cyrenes. . . . an Iolao . . . incertum tra[. . .] ariri [. .] is an testimonium adscitae..."