lethaeas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Lethaeus, Lethaea, Lethaeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of Lethe; causing forgetfulness, of the underworld;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...amorised teneat Caesarque dies et Iulia noctes.me non Lethaeae, coniunx, obliuia ripaeinmemorem fecere tui, regesque silentumpermisere sequi. ueniam..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lacrimas tumulo, qui legis ista, meo: sic ad Lethaeas, nisi Nestore serior, undas non eat, optabis quem superesse..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...madent campi, quod sanguine fumant stagna, quod innumero Lethaea examine gaudet ripa, meae uires laeta insignia. sed quid..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...mira fides!) nigrasque putat properasse sorores. Exsultent placidi Lethaea ad flumina manes, Elysiae gaudete domus, date serta..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...nona suos Aurora ostenderit ortus, inferias Orphei Lethaea papavera mittes et nigram mactabis ovem lucumque revises: placatam Eurydicen..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Olenos esse nocens, tuque, o confisa figurae, infelix Lethaea, tuae, iunctissima quondam pectora, nunc lapides, quos umida sustinet..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Sunt quoque, quae faciant altos medicamina somnos, Victaque Lethaea lumina nocte premant; Nec male deliciis odiosum conscia tardis..."