lynci
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);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...spuma canum quibus unda timori est,uiscera non lyncis, non durae nodus hyaenaedefuit et cerui pastae serpente medullae..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cornipedem trepidos suetum praeuertere ceruos, uelatum geminae deiectu lyncis et arma mirantem grauioris heri, sublimis agebat, dulce rubens..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...errantem forte sororum, succinctam pharetra et maculosae tegmine lyncis, aut spumantis apri cursum clamore prementem.' Sic Venus..."