lethaei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Lethaeus, Lethaea, Lethaeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of Lethe; causing forgetfulness, of the underworld;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...manes teque qui manes regis et obsidentem claustra Lethaei lacus, carmenque magicum uoluit et rabido minax decantat..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...arbore somnos. contra Tartareis Colchis spumare cunctaque Lethaei quassare silentia rami perstat et adverso luctantia lumina cantu obruit..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Stygiaeque a limine portae, ceu sator Eumenidum aut Lethaei portitor amnis, summouet ac dubio caelique Erebique..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...latentemcausa queat, notique modos extendis Arati;seu tu Lethaei secreto in gramine campiconcilia heroum iuxta manesque beatos, 25Maeonium..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ligantemte videt et similes tergentem pectore ceras.hunc ubi Lethaei lustrantem gurgitis orasAusonios inter proceres seriemque Quirini 195adgnovit, timide..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pater Anchises: 'animae, quibus altera fato corpora debentur, Lethaei ad fluminis undam securos latices et longa oblivia potant..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...horrendus custos erat arboris aureae. hunc postquam sparsit Lethaei gramine suci verbaque ter dixit placidos facientia somnos, quae..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur istis, Nec mea Lethaeis scripta dabuntur aquis: Atque aliquis dicet 'nostri lege culta..."