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
- T
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..."- G
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."