lychni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lychnus, lychni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lamp (esp. one hung from the ceiling);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...etiam nocturna tibi, terrestria quae sunt, lumina, pendentes lychni claraeque coruscis fulguribus pingues multa caligine taedae consimili properant..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...opacam uincere noctem adgressi tendunt auratis uincula lychnis. his labor inserto torrere exanguia ferro uiscera caesarum pecudum..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...strepitus tectis, vocemque per ampla volutant atria; dependent lychni laquearibus aureis incensi, et noctem flammis funalia vincunt..."