cyrenes
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;
gen. sg.loc. 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..."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..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...locus Aegyptum ab Africa dividit, secundo mari prima Cyrene est, colonia Theraeon, ac deinceps duae Syrtes interque..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Tyrii mutato nomine Gaddir habent. Apollinis filius et Cyrenes. . . . an Iolao . . . incertum tra[. . .] ariri [. .] is an testimonium adscitae..."