mela
Dictionary entries
- Entry →melum, meli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
song, tune, air, strain, lay, melody; hymn;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →melos, meli:
Neuter · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Arts
song, tune, air, strain, lay, melody; hymn;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Boeotia amnes duo efficiunt, quorum alteri ab effectu Melas nomen est: uterque ex eodem lacu exeunt diuersa facturi..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...hasta iamque latet currusque super turmaeque feruntur. processere Melas et Idasmenus. incipit hasta ante Melas, levis ast abies..."Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...bella toros. tum Phrontis et Argus Aeolidae fraterque Melas, quos advena Phrixus progenuit, pariterque levi Cytisorus in hasta..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...proles Onchesti, quos pinigeris Mycalesos in agris Palladiusque Melas Hecataeaque gurgite nutrit Gargaphie, quorumque nouis Haliartos aristis inuidet..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Lycormas, quique recurvatis ludit Maeandros in undis, Mygdoniusque Melas et Taenarius Eurotas. arsit et Euphrates Babylonius, arsit Orontes..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...memoriam. Paucos quippe intra dies eodem agmine Annaeus Mela, Cerialis Anicius, Rufrius Crispinus, C. Petronius cecidere, Mela etCrispinus..."