hymenaee
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Hymenaeus, Hymenaei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Greek wedding chant/refrain; (personified as a god); marriage, wedding, match;
voc. sg. - Entry →Hymenaeos, Hymenaei:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Greek wedding chant/refrain; (personified as a god); marriage, wedding, match;
voc. sg.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cantu concelebra omnem hanc plateam hymenaeo. Io, Hymen hymenaee, o hymen. LY. Quid agis, mea salus? OL. Esurio..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nubit Peregrina Pudenti: macte esto taedis, o Hymenaee, tuis. Tam bene rara suo miscentur cinnama nardo, Massica Theseis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...genus, qui rapis teneram ad virum virginem, o Hymenaee Hymen, o Hymen Hymenaee; cinge tempora floribus suave olentis..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...undis. pronuba quid Iuno, quid ad haec, Hymenaee, venitis sacra, quibus qui ducat abest, ubi nubimus ambae?' pressit..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Abstulit; in facili est omnia posse deo. Pars 'Hymenaee' canunt, pars clamant 'Euhion, euhoe!' Sic coeunt sacro nupta..."