lethaeos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Lethaeus, Lethaea, Lethaeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of Lethe; causing forgetfulness, of the underworld;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...herbasaddidit et quidquid mundo dedit ipsa ueneni.tum uox Lethaeos cunctis pollentior herbis 685excantare deos confundit murmura primumdissona..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Viden ut laudis conscia uirtus non Lethaeos horreat amnes? pudet auctoris, non morte dolet: cupit extremum finire diem..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...facinus credis et uacuum metu, erras; teneri crede Lethaeo abditum Thesea profundo et ferre perpetuam Styga: quid ille..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sparsa solo turbauerat ossa, ni deus horrentem Lethaeo uimine mulcens ferrea tergemino domuisset lumina somno. est locus (Inachiae..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...nuper Stygias prope raptus ad umbras cum iam Lethaeos audirem comminus amnes, aspexi, tenuique oculos iam morte cadentes..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...amittebat oculosque sub astra tenebat. ecce deus ramum Lethaeo rore madentem vique soporatum Stygia super utraque quassat tempora..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...urit enim lini campum seges, urit auenae, urunt Lethaeo perfusa papauera somno; sed tamen alternis facilis labor, arida..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...animi, tantis fluctuat ipsa malis— namque mei nuper Lethaeo in gurgite fratris pallidulum manans alluit unda pedem, Troia..."