lynces
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lynx, lyncis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
lynx; lynx skin/pelt; fictitious tree (invented to explain lyncurium/ligure);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tergo uelox gorytos et arcus pendentesque sonant aurata lynce pharetrae. it lymphante deo media inter milia longum uociferans..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...moenia currus promouet; effrenae dextra laeuaque sequuntur lynces, et uda mero lambunt retinacula tigres. post exultantes spolia armentalia..."- P
Ecloga VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...quos est mirata iuuenca certantis, quorum stupefactae carmine lynces, et mutata suos requierunt flumina cursus, Damonis musam dicemus..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...parentes, nec moritura super crudeli funere uirgo. quid lynces Bacchi uariae et genus acre luporum atque canum? quid..."