lichane
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lichanos, lichani:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
- Geography:
- Greece
second highest tetrachord note; (lychanos/lichanos);
voc. sg.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...torquens face unum inter omnes sequitur et quaerit Lichan. complexus aras ille tremibunda manu mortem metu consumpsit..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...manuque certior, et segnem Nomium fortemque Mimanta Thisbaeumque Lichan Anthedoniumque Lycetum continuat ferro geminisque e fratribus unum Thespiaden..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tunicam squalentem auro latus haurit apertum. inde Lichan ferit exsectum iam matre perempta et tibi, Phoebe, sacrum: casus..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...videres montibus aut patrio tendentem bracchia caelo. Ecce Lichan trepidum latitantem rupe cavata aspicit, utque dolor rabiem conlegerat..."