harpen
Dictionary entries
- Entry →harpe, harpes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
curved sword, scimitar; sickle; marine bird of prey (unidentified);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...citharae liquidaeque palaestrae, et subitus praepes Cyllenida sustulit harpen, harpen alterius monstri iam caede rubentem a Ioue dilectae..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...florescunt ignibus herbae. prima Hecate Stygiis duratam fontibus harpen intulit et validas scopulis effodit aristas, mox famulae monstrata..."Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...inde Thoen, qua pelta vacat iamque ibat in Harpen vixdum prima levi ducentem cornua nervo et labentis equi..."Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...sequentia somnos et celerem mediis in cantibus exigit harpen. iamque refecta Iovi paulatim in imagine prisca ibat agris..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vitatumque tamen sinuosa veste pependit. vertit in hunc harpen spectatam caede Medusae Acrisioniades adigitque in pectus; at ille..."